TSPCB inspects COVID waste burning sites
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Notices issued to Area Hospital, Golconda and Malakpet
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Notices issued to Area Hospital, Golconda and Malakpet
Following the report ‘Toxic COVID waste burnt, mixed with trash’ published in these columns on January 8, the Telangana State Pollution Control Board (TSPCB) carried out inspection of the sites and issued notices to Area Hospital, Golconda and Malakpet for non-compliance of the Bio-Medical Waste Management (BMWM) Rules 2016.
“The Board officials inspected Area Hospital, Golconda on 08.01.2020 and observed that the Area Hospital-Golconda is disposing the Bio-Medical Waste to M/s. Roma Industries, Common Bio-Medical Waste Treatment Facility (CBMWTF). It was also noticed that general waste was being burnt in the premises and some PPE kits were mixed with general waste,” said TSPCB in a note about action taken.