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Environment norms thrown to the winds
Private hospitals are violating environment rules and safety norms in Srikakulam district due to official apathy. The Pollution Control
Hospitals in Srikakulam releasing waste into drains, open places
Srikakulam: Private hospitals are violating environment rules and safety norms in Srikakulam district due to official apathy. The Pollution Control Board, Municipal Environment wing and District Medical and Health Department officials failed to conduct regular checks and continuous vigil on these violations. Licensing authority is the District Medical and Health department and after issuing licence, the officials are not keeping an eye on violations.
As per rules, every 15 bed hospital should have a sewage treatment plant and release the waste after proper treatment, but most of the hospitals in the town have not set up STPs and releasing the waste into drains and open places indiscriminately.
According to the PCB rules, every private hospital management has to get authorisation from the Pollution Control Board and Environment Wing under air and water pollution (prevention) Act. But private hospitals are not getting these authorisations properly and it was revealed in PCB officials’ random verifications in Srikakulam. Sewage and bio-medical waste is not treated and being dumped on roads and drains from private hospitals near Day and Night Junction, Forest Office road, Arts College road in Srikakulam town.
Private hospital managements, doctors and staff are not serious over bio-medical waste and environment pollution which is hazardous, said PCB Vizianagaram region executive engineer K Lakshmipathi Kumar. “We have decided to create awareness among the management, doctors and staff by explaining penal provisions in the first phase, later we will proceed legally against the managements”, the EE explained.
“We inspected all the private hospitals in Srikakulam town and issued notices to the managements where bio-medical and sewage being released into drains and on roads”, said municipal environmental engineer K Shankara Rao. “At present, we are receiving many complaints and will act against the hospital managements according to rules”, he added.
