Waste management at Ernakulam medical college hospital not satisfactory: report
The Hindu
‘Sewage treatment plant only partially operational’
The State Level Monitoring Committee (SLMC) on Solid Waste Management and the Kerala State Pollution Control Board have found that the management of solid waste and septage at Government Medical College, Ernakulam, has not yet improved.
The shortcomings have been mentioned in the report on the waste management scenario submitted by the SLMC before the Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal on January 29.
A.V. Ramakrishna Pillai, SLMC chairman, pointed out in his report that the healthcare facility was allowed to function as per the consent renewal order, which expired on June 30, 2018. The renewal application for the conditional consent was submitted on December 29, 2021. But it is pending for want of clarity on the installation of the sewage treatment plant (STP) as well as satisfactory treatment facilities, it said.
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