New Delhi: National Green Tribunal (NGT) said that the Ministry of Health Uttar Pradesh and the State Pollution Control Agency (SPCB) were not well directed for the management of Biomedical Waste patients Covid-19.
The bench headed by Chairman of Justice Adarsh ​​Kumar Goel noted that there was only one vehicle for Covid-19 waste collection of 876 health care facilities in five countries – Bareilly, Shahjahanpur, Badun, Pilibhit and Rampur.
“Their monitoring mechanism is inadequate.
Note Maintenance is not according to the norm.
Collection and treatment of less bio-medical waste.” There is no adequate protection for workers involved in the collection and treatment of waste, “said the bench.
Referring to the Central Pollution Control Agency (CPCB), NGT said there was a need for improvement in the SPCB coordination process with urban local agencies and bio waste generators -Medical.
“The pit of funeral in use by facilities is also inadequate.
Segregation of bio-medical waste from general waste and scientific care, “said the bench in a recent order.
Because there is a large gap that is in accordance with environmental norms in the handling and disposal of bio-medical waste, including covid-19 waste, causing Health hazards for citizens, NGT said the steps that emerged and effective were unavoidable to improve the situation.
The court formed two committees at the state and district level for the right monitoring of the problem.
“Monitoring the level of the state and the Committee Regency will be free to choose Other experts / agencies for help.
“The committee can also meet in two weeks in the first example and after that the state committee may be once a month and the district committee once in the first two weeks until the situation increased,” Bench said.
The court was to hear the request that was seeking improvement in non-compliance with bio-medical rules (BMW), 2016 and for handling and treatment and waste disposal produced during treatment / diagnosis / quarantine patients Covid-19.