Aafrin Kidwai 
Uttarakhand Environment and Solid Waste Management minister Harak Singh Rawat said that biomedical waste is being disposed as per guidelines issued by the Centre on March 16, 2020.
From March 2020 to February 15, 2021, a total of 811 metric ton of biomedical waste was generated at the various hospitals, Covid-19 care centres, and quarantine centres in the state. Out of this, 657 metric tonnes of waste was treated, 90 metric tonnes of waste was disposed of at the hospital, and the remaining 64 metric tonnes of waste was buried deep.
“All guidelines regarding the disposal of biomedical waste are being followed. There are two collective biomedical waste treatment centers in Uttarakhand and they have a 100-kilogram waste treatment capacity per hour. The two centers are located at Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar,” the minister said, as per a report in The Times of India.
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