NGT seeks data on biomedical waste generation
The Hindu
Data necessary to ascertain scientific distribution of waste between IMAGE and KEIL
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the State Pollution Control Board (PCB) to submit district-wise data on biomedical waste generated by Government and private healthcare institutions in the State.
The directive was issued by the Southern Bench of the tribunal comprising Justice K. Ramakrishnan and K. Satyagopal, expert member in the case related to non-compliance with Biomedical Waste Management Rules, 2016. The court said the data was required to ascertain the scientific distribution of waste between Indian Medical Association Goes Ecofriendly (IMAGE) and Kerala Enviro Infrastructure Ltd. (KEIL), which are the service providers for management of biomedical waste in the State.
IMAGE had opposed the PCB’s decision to permit KEIL to collect and process biomedical waste within 75 km from its common biomedical waste treatment facility (CBWTF) at Ambalamedu in five districts including Alappuzha, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Pathanamthitta, and Idukki.