Karnataka Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre has directed officials of the Karnataka Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) to draft a policy for the clinical transportation and disposal of hazardous scientific waste. This directive was issued at some stage in a progress review assembly of the KSPCB on Wednesday.
Khandre highlighted proceedings approximately the wrong disposal of medical waste from nursing houses and hospitals, along with gadgets like syringes and bandages, that are being discarded at the side of ordinary dry waste. He advised the KSPCB to take criminal motion against neighborhood our bodies that fail to comply with wastewater discharge policies into water bodies.
Additionally, the Minister addressed the problem of bad water pleasant in lakes, exacerbated through sewage inflow, which results in fish kills at some stage in the monsoon season. He instructed officers to difficulty notices to neighborhood our bodies to clear waste from stormwater drains. Khandre also directed officers to warn Plaster of Paris (POP) Ganapati idol makers against producing POP idols for the approaching Ganesha competition.
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