5000 health facilities get showcause notices for pollution
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New Delhi: Nearly 5,000 health care facilities have been issued showcause notices for not disposing off biomedical waste in an environmentally safe manner, the Centre today said.
Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave in a written reply in Lok Sabha said that the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in 2015 has reported that 1,69,913 health care facilities (HCFs) generate approximately 495.30 tonnes of biomedical waste per day.
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