Aafrin Kidwai
The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has resumed separate waste collection for COVID homes following a rise in cases. SDMC has hired a tipper for four to five wards and provided residents with a phone…
Aafrin Kidwai
Maharashtra generated the highest volume of biomedical waste (BMW) in the country between June 2020 and June 2021, according to a recent document submitted by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in Lok…
Aafrin Kidwai
With preparations underway for the COVID-19 vaccination program across India, the Union Health Ministry has prepared guidelines for safer disposal of used injections. Health experts opine that it will probably create a large amount of syringe…
Aafrin Kidwai
Nearly 160 tonnes of biomedical waste was generated during the Bihar assembly polls held amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the state’s election authorities. This includes gloves, face masks, and empty sanitizer bottles used by polling personnel…
Aafrin Kidwai
In a trend seen in many other parts of the country, Gurugram has reported that segregation of food waste from Covid waste is not being done at most households in home isolation or at isolation…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation has decided to install yellow waste bins across the city for proper disposal of COVID waste. The civic body has hired a private agency for the collection of bio-medical waste from…
Natasha Kalra
Mr Randeep D, an IAS officer of the 2006 batch, is a Special Commissioner (SWM & AH), and Zonal Commissioner for Mahadevapura, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), Bengaluru. With a Bachelors’s degree in Electrical Engineering…
Aafrin Kidwai
Pune’s bio-medical waste (BMW) is being sent to Mumbai for incineration ever since the city’s sole BMW incinerator broke down last month. Its repairs, the plant operator said, are set to take another 15 days.…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Pune Municipal Corporation has doubled the cost for the collection and safe disposal of Covid-19-linked biomedical waste to Rs100/kg as against Rs47/kg for the biomedical waste of non-Covid patients. “After Mumbai, Nagpur, Nashik, and…
