The State-level committee on solid waste management reviewed solid waste management being undertaken by the MKCG Medical College Hospital and the Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC) here on Tuesday. Committee Chairman Justice PK Mohanty reviewed the waste management under the direction of National Green Tribunal (NGT).
The team visited Surgery, ENT, Anesthesia, SNCU and Paediatrics Departments of the MKCG College Hospital and reviewed the waste disposal system. They too visited the bio waste management plant inside the hospital premises.
A power point presentation on waste management was made on behalf of the medical college before the team.
The team also reviewed the door to door waste collection system, segregation of waste, management of construction and demolition materials, plastic, faecal sludge and septage being adopted by the BeMC.
Others members present included Forest and Environment ACS Suresh Mohapatra, Housing and Urban Development Secretary G Mathi Vatanan, Health Secretary Pramod Kumar Meherda, Public Health Director Haraprasad Pattnaik and Deputy Director Dr Pramila Rout, Ganjam district Collector Bijaya Amrit Kulange, BeMC Commissioner Chakrabarty Singh Rathore, MKCG Medical College Dean Prof Radhamadhab Tripathy and Superintendent Prof Charana Panda.