Lok Sabha Question No. 2796 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-21
Subject: Common Bio-medical Waste Treatment and Disposal Facility
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Jugal Kishore Sharma, Riti Pathak, Saikia Dilip, Jyotirmay Singh Mahato, Ramesh Chander Kaushik, Dileshwar Kamait

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2796

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 21.03.2022

## Common Bio-medical Waste Treatment and Disposal Facility

2796.

SHRI JUGAL KISHORE SHARMA:

SHRIMATI RITI PATHAK:

SHRI DILIP SAIKIA:

SHRI JYOTIRMAY SINGH MAHATO:

SHRI RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK:

SHRI DILESHWAR KAMAIT:

Will  the  Minister  of  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND  CLIMATE  CHANGE  be  pleased  to state:

- (a) whether 202 Common Bio-medical Waste Treatment and Disposal Facility(CBWTF) are functioning in the country and if so, whether these waste treatment facility are adequate in the existing environment;
- (b) if not, the efforts being made by the Government for setting up waste treatment facility as per demand;
- (c) the  details  of  assistance  provided  to  the  State  Governments/Institutions  for  setting  up waste treatment facility; and
- (d) the  number  of  CBWTF  set  up  and  functioning  in  the  country,  State-wise  and  districtwise  details  thereof  particularly  in  North-Eastern  States  including  Assam,  Jammu  and Kashmir, West Bengal and Bihar?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a)&(b) There are 208 operational Common  Bio-medical  Waste Treatment Facilities (CBWTFs) in the country for management of Bio-medical Waste (BMW) with an installed capacity of 1167.4 Tonnes/Day (TPD). As per the information furnished by State Pollution Control Boards/ Pollution Control Committees (SPCBs/ PCCs), about 656 Tonnes/Day (TPD) of BMW was generated in the year 2020, out of which 590 TPD  was  treated  indicating  an  efficiency  of  89.94%.  Further,  there  has  been  an incremental BMW generation of 84.61 TPD during May, 2020 to February, 2022 due to COVID-19 pandemic.

To enhance the capabilities of existing CBWTFs to deal with incremental BMW, the Central  Pollution  Control  Board(CPCB)  had  prepared  technical  guidelines  for treatment and disposal of BMW by CBWTFs. The guidelines prescribe for extended operation of CBWTFs (in terms of hours) and using hazardous waste incinerators (at existing Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facilities) or captive industrial incinerators to treat and dispose yellow color-coded (incinerable) COVID-19 waste (i.e. beyond the capacity of existing CBWTFs and captive BMW incinerators). Further, in areas that are not covered by CBWTFs, the BMW is treated & disposed of through captive treatment facilities operated by healthcare facilities.

The  concerned  SPCB/  PCC,  in  consultation  with  State  Health  Department,  is mandated to assess the need for setting up CBWTFs for BMW collection, treatment and  disposal  by  undertaking  gap-analysis  studies  on  BMW  generation vis-à-vis installed  treatment  and  disposal  capacity  available  and  allow  for  new  BMW treatment facilities.

- (c) To support State/ Union Territory (UT) Governments, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change is implementing a scheme viz. 'Creation of Management Structure  for  Hazardous  Substances',  wherein  central  assistance  to  the  tune  of ₹1Crore  is  provided  for  setting  up  of  those  CBWTF  projects  which  are  duly recommended by State/ UT Government. In case of North-Eastern States, the central assistance is ₹2Crores.
- (d) CPCB has informed that there are no CBWTFs in ten (10) States/ UTs viz. Andaman & Nicobar,  Arunachal  Pradesh,  Daman-Diu  &  Dadra-Nagar  Haveli,  Goa,  Ladakh, Lakshadweep,  Mizoram,  Nagaland,  Sikkim  and  Tripura.  Further,  the  State-wise break-up of 208 operational CBWTFs in the country isannexed.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN PART (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2796 DUE FOR REPLY ON 21/03/2022 REGARDING 'COMMON BIO-MEDICAL WASTE TREATMENT  AND  DISPOSAL'  RAISED  BY  HON'BLE  MEMBER  OF  PARLIAMENT  SHRI JUGAL KISHORE SHARMA,  SHRIMATI  RITI PATHAK, SHRI DILIP SAIKIA, SHRI JYOTIRMAY SINGH MAHATO, SHRI RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK AND SHRI DILESHWAR KAMAIT

## State-wise details of Operational CBWTFs in India

| Name of the State/Union Territory                       | Operational CBWTFs   |
|---------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
| Andaman Nicobar                                         | Nil                  |
| Andhra Pradesh                                          | 12                   |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                       | Nil                  |
| Assam                                                   | 1                    |
| Bihar                                                   | 4                    |
| Chandigarh                                              | 1                    |
| Chhattisgarh                                            | 4                    |
| Daman &Diu and Dadra &Nagar Haveli                      | Nil                  |
| Delhi                                                   | 2                    |
| Goa                                                     | Nil                  |
| Gujarat                                                 | 20                   |
| Haryana                                                 | 11                   |
| Himachal Pradesh                                        | 3                    |
| Jharkhand                                               | 4                    |
| Jammu &Kashmir                                          | 3                    |
| Karnataka                                               | 25                   |
| Kerala                                                  | 1                    |
| Ladakh                                                  | Nil                  |
| Lakshadweep                                             | Nil                  |
| Madhya Pradesh                                          | 12                   |
| Maharashtra                                             | 30                   |
| Manipur                                                 | 1                    |
| Meghalaya                                               | 1                    |
| Mizoram                                                 | Nil                  |
| Nagaland                                                | Nil                  |
| Odisha                                                  | 6                    |
| Puducherry                                              | 1                    |
| Punjab                                                  | 5                    |
| Rajasthan                                               | 11                   |
| Sikkim                                                  | Nil                  |
| Tamil Nadu                                              | 10                   |
| Telangana                                               | 11                   |
| Tripura                                                 | Nil                  |
| Uttarakhand                                             | 2                    |
| Uttar Pradesh                                           | 21                   |
| West Bengal                                             | 6                    |
| Director General Armed Forces Medical Services (DGAFMS) | Nil                  |
| Total                                                   | 208                  |

(Source:CPCB)

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