Kerala has “miles to go” on the question of ensuring scientific handling and disposal of biomedical waste, according to the National Green Tribunal (NGT).
The Special Bench of the tribunal, headed by its Chairman Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel, said only one more common biomedical waste treatment facility was set up in the State after the court took suo motu notice of the severe shortcomings in the management of biomedical waste in February, 2017.
“Needless to say that sufficient number of such facilities are required at the earliest to bridge the existing gaps in waste generation, scientific handling, and disposal,” the tribunal said in its final order on the suo motu case on violation of Biomedical Waste Management [BWM] Rules, 2016 in the State.
