HC pulls up govt over missing biomedical waste mgmt report
Ranchi: The
Jharkhand high court
on Thursday pulled up the govt for being unable to produce the status reports on
biomedical waste management
that it had sought from the deputy commissioners (DCs) of all districts in February.A division bench of Chief Justice MS Ramachandra Rao and Justice Rajesh Shankar was hearing a public interest division (PIL) filed by the Jharkhand Human Rights Confederation on the improper disposal of biomedical waste.The court on Thursday expressed annoyance as the DCs have not taken heed of its February order.
It told the DCs to furnish the required report by June 16, when the case would next be heard.In 2024, the Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board had informed the court that biomedical waste treatment plants have been set up in five districts – Lohardaga, Ramgarh, Pakur, Dhanbad, and Adityapur in Seraikela Kharsawan. Another
biomedical waste disposal
plant is under construction in Deoghar and would be commissioned very soon, the board informed.The petitioner organisation had filed the petition in 2012 for compliance of the
Environmental Protection Act
, under which Biomedical Waste Disposal Management Rules have been formulated and ought to be implemented. In absence of the rules, biomedical waste generated from hospitals, clinics, nursing homes are required to be disposed of in a manner, which does not adversely affect the environment. But biomedical waste was littered in the open and rummaged by stray dogs, the petitioner added.
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