The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has informed the National Green Tribunal that it will take action against states and Union territories not complying with some rules for disposal of biomedical waste.
The green body is hearing a matter regarding violations in the handling, treatment and disposal of biomedical waste by treatment facilities.
In an order dated August 5, a bench of NGT Chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava and expert member Afroz Ahmad noted that CPCB had filed a report (dated August 5) regarding the “deep burial” of biomedical waste which was practised across 17 states and Union territories in the country.
Deep burial remains a limited disposal method under the Biomedical Waste Management Rules, permissible only in rural or remote regions where a Common Bio-Medical Waste Treatment Facility is unavailable. Such practice requires prior approval of the prescribed state authority.
The tribunal noted that out of 9,178 Healthcare Facilities (HCFs) using deep buri
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