The CAG 2016 report on the social and general sector observed that the state has not been following norms for disposal of bio-medical waste. The report slammed Gujarat Pollution Control Board “for ...

To protect human health and the environment, the Ministry of Environment and Forests had notified the Bio-Medical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 1998 under the Environment (Protection) Act, ...

India generates 742 tonnes of biomedical waste daily and managing it gives hospitals, literally, a real headache. Most of the waste, which could be anything from blood, sputum, and body parts to ...

PUDUCHERRY: Despite the government putting in place a system for their safe disposal, black plastic bags containing hospital or biomedical waste were found dumped near a municipal dustbin on ...