MADURAI: Doctors have voiced concerns of infection spreading as bio medical waste generated in the taluk government hospitals is not cleared in the last 24 hours. They claimed that the private ...

Wastes from hospitals, laboratories, human and animal clinics are considered hazardous and non-hazardous waste. Non-hazardous includes beddings, linens, bandages, and even waste from the kitchen. In ...

Complaints are rife that the existing agency was charging more than the subsidised rate agreed upon by the previous council ...

The crisis at RN Cooper Municipal General Hospital stretched into its third day as untreated biomedical waste piled up in the hospital’s backyard, and sanitation inside the wards collapsed due to ...

MUMBAI: Residents of Govandi have accused the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) of grossly underreporting and mishandling environmental violations by SMS Envoclean Pvt. Ltd., which operates a ...

VELLORE: Heaps of unsegregated garbage, including small quantities of bio-medical waste, were found dumped at Kangeyanallur in Vellore, close to the Palar river basin. Although the river is currently ...

Bhopal: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) came down hard on the municipal corporation and district administration over the alleged dumping of bio-medical waste on the banks of Motia Talab in Bhopal.