Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect and poor maintenance appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 25.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect …
CHENNAI: INVESTIGATION into some city hospitals, including noted ones, selling bio-medical waste instead of treating and disposing of them safely as is mandatory, has zeroed in on a private firm that had bought over 200 kg waste from a leading hospital. The CB-CID team, probing the case following a direction …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Irfan Ahmad & Others Vs. Mr. Nawang Rigzin Jora & Others dated 04/07/2016 regarding management of bio medical waste by hospitals in Jammu & Kashmir. Advocate General appearing for the State of Jammu & Kashmir informed the court that …
DEHRADUN: After waiting for two years for Combined Medical Institute (CMI), one of the top most ranked hospitals in the state, to set up an effluent treatment plant (ETP), the state Pollution Control Board has decided to seal the laundry plant and pathology lab of the hospital on Friday. According …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Irfan Ahmad & Others Vs. Mr. Nawang Rigzin Jora & Others dated 31/05/2016 regarding bio-medical waste disposal in the city of Srinagar and Jammu. NGT directs the authorities concerned to get a joint inspection conducted in regard to the …
The National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) Southern Bench here has ordered for a CB-CID probe into the alleged sale of solid bio medical waste by hospitals, after it was brought to its notice that the waste from a Chennai-based private hospital was being sold at Rs. 49 a kg to a …
Agra: Days after TOI reported that Agra Municipal Corporation's plan to appoint a Kanpur-based company to dispose the city's biomedical waste was in violation of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) norms, the UPPCB has cancelled AMC's proposal to sign a temporary three-month contract with Medical Pollution Control Committee (MPCC). …
Bhopal: National Green Tribunal (NGT), central bench, directed AIIMS Bhopal that an affidavit be filed with regard to time frame within which construction and operationalization of STP, ETP and compliance of biomedical waste rules would be done. It also gave directives for rectifying shortcomings as pointed out in a report …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Irfan Ahmad & Ors. Vs. Mr. Nawang Rigzin Jora & Ors. dated 27/04/2016 regarding commissioning of Municipal Solid Waste Treatment Plant to protect the Anchar Lake wetland from solid waste dumping vide Judgment dated 13th January, 2015. NGT noted …
AGRA: While Agra is getting all spruced up for Will-Kat's visit on April 16, possibilities of closure of the city's lone biomedical treatment waste disposal plant, a day earlier, looms large, leaving over 3,500 kgs of hazardous waste from hospitals in the city lying undisposed. With the near 2000 hospitals …
AHMEDABAD: In a major boost to safeguarding public health from irresponsible biomedical waste disposal and related hazards, the new Bio-Medical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules now require a bar code system for identifying bags or containers carrying biomedical waste, and a GPS system to track the movement of the containers. …
The anaesthetics used by a hospital contribute to global warming in the same proportion as emissions from 100 cars every year. A kilogram of anaesthetic gas produces 1,620 kg of carbon dioxide. Hospitals may have cure for people but, in a lot of ways, they are harming the environment, say …
Ludhiana: Local officials of Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) have sought action against a hospital based in Sarabha Nagar for allegedly dumping medical waste near the MC's zone D office in the area. PPCB environmental Engineer Ashok Sharma said they caught a cart-puller dumping the medical waste in the area …
The Environment ministry today released the new Bio-medical Waste Management Rules, 2016 which will bring in a wider and more comprehensive regime for bio waste management. "The new bio-medical waste management rules will change the way country used to manage this waste earlier. Under the new regime, the coverage has …
The Environment ministry released the new Bio-medical Waste Management Rules, 2016 which will bring in a wider and more comprehensive regime for bio waste management. The new bio-medical waste management rules will change the way country used to manage this waste earlier. Under the new regime, the coverage has increased …
So far, around 300 medical establishments have been identified and notices are in the process of being sent, said Dilip Khedkar, regional officer, MPCB. The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board has initiated action against erring hospitals, nursing homes, clinics and pathology labs in the city which do not comply with disposal …
As dumping and burning of around 200 kg of bio-medical waste has led to environmental pollution at Kadamba Plateau, Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) has directed the Health Department to collect and dispose the waste at the earliest, failing which legal action will be initiated. Following complaints from locals, …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Subrato Mookherjee Vs West Bengal Pollution Control Board & Others dated 17/02/2016 regarding bio-medical waste management and implementation of Bio-Medical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 1998. West Bengal Pollution Control Board will submit status report and …
Meerut: The state Pollution Control Board has sent notice to as many as 17 nursing homes for not following the biomedical waste disposal norms. The board has sought their explanation within seven days and warned that appropriate action under the pollution control Act would be taken if they failed to …
The Goa state pollution control board (GSPCB) has directed Old Goa police station to investigate and identify the persons involved in dumping and burning of bio-medical waste in an open space at Kadamba plateau, Bainguinim, Old Goa, which has been causing environmental pollution. GSPCB has directed Old Goa police to …
Kolhapur: The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) on Monday issued a public notice appealing to all clinic operators in the city to register with the biomedical waste treatment facility before March 31. The MPCB action came after the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) slapped a fine of Rs 15,000 on a …
