Deccan Herald, Bengaluru April 30, 2016, DHNS:
The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has asked Narayana Health City to properly segregate biomedical waste and not mix it with general waste.
KSPCB Chairman Lakshman visited the hospital on Friday as part of an inspection. During the visit to the campus that houses Narayana Hrudayalaya, Narayana Nethralaya and Mazumdar Cancer Hospitals, it emerged that the hospital staff had not collected biomedical waste in blue bags — as is required — but in black bags that are meant for general solid waste. Lakshman instructed the KSPCB’s jurisdictional officer to issue a notice to the hospital. Dr Devi Shetty, chairman of Narayana Health, was present on the occasion.
The KSPCB team also inspected Biocon Industry and Hebbagodi, Kammasandra, Shikaripalya, Bommasandra and Doddatoguru lakes. It found that construction debris was being dumped around the lakes. Lakshman has sought a survey of the lakes by the Bengaluru Urban deputy commissioner to fix their boundaries. The KSPCB will also write to the Directorate of Municipal Administration to direct the local bodies to stop discharge of sewage into the lakes.
