The <keyword id="20154" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="tamil-nadu" source="Orion">Tamil Nadu</keyword> government will soon constitute a committee headed by the Additional chief secretary to take immediate action on the pollution hazards due to <keyword id="486118" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="chromium" source="Orion">chromium</keyword> waste in Ranipet area. The decision follows a directive of the Southern bench of the National Green Tribunal (<keyword id="6357743" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="ngt" source="Orion">NGT</keyword>). A division bench of the NGT comprising Justice K. Ramakrishnan and Member <keyword id="6360619" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="expert" source="Orion">Expert</keyword>, Dr. <keyword id="14900266" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="satyagopal-korlapeti" source="Orion">Satyagopal Korlapeti</keyword> has called upon the state government to constitute a committee headed by additional chief secretary of department of environment, climate change and forest as chairman. The NGT also directed the committee to remedy the damage caused by the Chromium contamination at Ranipet. The green body has also directed the state government to provide ample funds for an immediate action plan. The compensation for those affected by pollution in the area is to be received from the industries that have contributed to the contamination on the basis of the Polluter Pay Principle. Periodic reports are to be filed and a health committee is to be formed by the Central Pollution Control board within 6 months and it should monitor the people in the area. It is to be noted that the Central Pollution Control Board filed a report in 2020 after inspecting 349 industries and of which 47 were found to be water polluting. The committee also found out that Oxalic acid was identified in most of the areas around SIPCOT industrial area and in all water bodies. The presence of Hexavalent Chromium was also identified from an area of around 2km and was found to be the onsite dumping of waste from industrial units. After closely monitoring the issue, the NGT ordered the state government to immediately take measures to bring out a solution to the teething problem. Recommended stories <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="93798811" title="Centre notifies new regulations for environmentally sound management of waste batteries" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"><payload><![CDATA[alsoread]]></payload></div> <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="93728274" title="Demolition of Noida twin towers will leave behind 35,000 cubic metres of debris" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"><payload><![CDATA[alsoread]]></payload></div>

Chromium Waste Dumping: TN To Form Panel To Monitor Pollution Hazards

Kolkata, May 2 () The West Bengal Pollution ControlBoard is preparing a report on compliance of guidelines forproper disposal of biomedical waste generated at hospitalstreating COVID-19 patients, an official said on Saturday.The board will submit the report to the National GreenTribunal in the next month for its consideration, he said.The report will record how the health and urbandevelopment departments and state agencies concerned areconforming to the guidelines of the Central Pollution ControlBoard (CPCB) for scientific and hygienic disposal of medicalwaste generated at COVID-19 hospitals and quarantine centres,a top WBPCB official told ."We are not regulator and don't have that mandate. We,as watchdog, will record how the guidelines are being compliedwith and prepare a dossier which will be submitted to the NGTin June," the official said.Using double layered bags, mandatory labelling andcolour coded bins for the management of waste generated duringthe diagnosis and treatment of suspected and confirmed COVID-19 patients are part of the guidelines issued by the CPCB.The apex pollution monitoring body said specificguidelines are required to be followed by all, includingisolation wards, quarantine centres, sample collectioncentres, laboratories, ULBs and common biomedical wastetreatment and disposal facilities, in addition to existingpractices under the BMW Management Rules, 2016.The guidelines included the use of proper face shieldand other personal protective equipment for those involved inthe disposal work, the official said.He also said the government agencies have been givencopies of the CPCB guidelines at a recent meeting with health,urban development and municipal affairs departments."We have urged them to strictly follow all the norms,"he said.A health department official said the guidelines havebeen framed based on the inputs taken from the management ofdiseases like severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS),tuberculosis (TB), H1N1 and HIV. SUSBDC BDC

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