Category: Jharkhand High Court

Bio-medical waste a health hazard in Jharkhand

Source: hindustantimes.com Roughly 60% JharkhandтАЩs bio-medical wastes generated from hospitals, nursing homes and clinics across the state go untreated in absence of proper disposal facilities, according to pollution officials and environmentalists. The state has around 5,500 hospitals, nursing homes and clinics but only two common bio-medical waste incineration facilities are functioning, officials at the Jharkhand