Annual Report 2005-06 - Karnataka State Pollution Control Board
Annual Report 2005-06 - Karnataka State Pollution Control Board
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27 <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2005</strong>-<strong>06</strong><br />
6.8.4 Steps taken by the <strong>Board</strong> to implement the Rules effectively<br />
<strong>Karnataka</strong> <strong>State</strong><br />
<strong>Pollution</strong> <strong>Control</strong> <strong>Board</strong><br />
1. The <strong>Board</strong> has developed the database of the health care establishments in<br />
the <strong>State</strong> and the same is being up-dated regularly. Efforts are on to bring all the HCEs under<br />
the purview of the Rules. Towards this aim, the <strong>Board</strong> has been issuing show-cause notices and<br />
notice of proposed directions to the non-complying health care establishments and also calling<br />
them for personal hearings. Material evidence being collected for initiating legal action against<br />
defaulting health care establishments.<br />
2. Creating awareness among the stake holders and imparting training is the integral part of enforcement<br />
activities. The <strong>Board</strong> has been taking this aspect very seriously and during the year<br />
<strong>2005</strong>-<strong>06</strong>, the <strong>Board</strong> has conducted training to staff in the government hospitals on bio-medical<br />
waste management through EMPRI. Also, <strong>Board</strong> has conducted training programmes at district<br />
levels.<br />
3. As per the directions of CPCB, <strong>Board</strong> has taken steps to ban individual incinerators within the<br />
City limits.<br />
6.8.5 Common Treatment Facility:<br />
<strong>Board</strong> is encouraging establishment of common bio-medical waste treatment and disposal facilities. In this<br />
regard, the Deputy Commissioners in the <strong>State</strong> have been repeatedly requested to identify and provide<br />
land for setting up Common Bio-Medical Waste Management facility. The matter is also followed up with<br />
the Revenue Secretary to Government.<br />
As on 31-03-<strong>06</strong>, the status of the common bio-medical waste treatment facilities is as follows;<br />
Sl. Name of the Common facility Number of beds Operating<br />
No covered by the Status<br />
facility per day<br />
1 Maridi Eco Industries, Bangalore 6950 Operating<br />
2 Medicare Incin Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore 6250 Operating<br />
3 Shree consultants, Mysore 4813 Operating<br />
4 Association of Doctors and Nursing Homes, Belgaum 1100 Operating<br />
5 Hubli-Dharwad Bio-medical Waste Treatment Facility, Hubli 2124 Operating<br />
6 Center for Environment Education, Gulburga 2265 Operating<br />
7 Common Bio-Medical Waste treatment facility at Mangalore 5347 Operating<br />
8 Common Bio-Medical Waste treatment facility at Shimoga 1849 Operating<br />
9 Sushanth Enviro Tech. Association of Doctors and 2927 Operating<br />
Nursing Homes, Davanagere<br />
10 <strong>Karnataka</strong> Private Medical Establishments Association. Bijapur 703 Operating<br />
6. 9 The Plastics Manufacture, Sale and Usage Rules, 1999.<br />
Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) has notified the Rules called "Recycled Plastics Manufacture<br />
and Usage Rules, 1999" on 02-09-1999 under Environmental (Protection) Act, 1986 and the same is amended<br />
vide Notification dated.17-<strong>06</strong>-03.<br />
The prescribed authority for enforcement of manufacture and recycling provisions of these Rules is the<br />
<strong>Karnataka</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>Pollution</strong> <strong>Control</strong> <strong>Board</strong> in the <strong>State</strong>. Prescribed authority for enforcement of the provi-
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