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Haldia blast: NGT notes noncompliance of safety norms in Bengal s IOC refinery

Noting that the response of the West Bengal Pollution Control Board over the Indian Oil Corporation s Haldia refinery blast on December 21 last year does not deal with the compliance of safety norms in the refinery, the National Green Tribunal has directed a Joint Committee to visit the site and identify measures to be taken, including compensation for the victims and for damage to the environment.

National Green Tribunal (NGT) Yearly Round-Up 2020

Scientific Disposal of Bio-Medical Waste arising out of COVID-19 treatment The issue for consideration in this matter was the remedial action to address the gaps in compliance of the BMW Rules, 2016, as applicable to the disposal of bio-medical waste arising out of handling of COVID-19 disease, so as to ensure protection of environment and public health, in view of potential of such infectious waste adversely affecting public health, concerned workers and professionals etc. Disposal of COVID-19 waste in general bins so as to be part of municipal waste or unscientific handling sewage and other liquid waste without safeguards can be hazardous. Need was felt to incorporate best practices apart from continued supervision and monitoring, compiling data in an online format, use of electronic /digital manifest system to track and log COVID-19 waste from all sources, preventing its accidental spillage, analyzing the data for strategic planning and the feedback by creating nec

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