To sort out "hazardous" waste disposal problems in nation Capital, the Delhi Cabinet on Thursday approved setting up of Treatment, Storage and Disposal facility (TSDF) at Bawana. Besides this, the Government approved decided to engage a central agency for assessing deficiencies at eight government funded hospitals and institutes.
In a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the Delhi Cabinet granted an approval to engage the Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), a government agency, for a third party audit of eight autonomous institutes, and a society hospital a Delhi Government official said.
Notably, the decision was taken in pursuance of a High Court order to complete the process of assessment of deficiencies in Government-funded hospitals and institutions.
These eight hospitals and institutions are -- Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital (RGSSH), Janakpuri Super Speciality Hospital (JSSH), Delhi State Cancer Institute (DSCI), Institute of liver & Biliary Sciences (IlBS), Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitalaya (CNBC), Chaudhary Braham Prakash Ayurvedic Aveum Charak Sansthan ( CBPACS), Maulana Azad Institute Dental Sciences (MAIDS) and Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (IHBAS).
The purpose of the audit is to point out the "deficiencies and shortcomings" and suggest remedial measures to ensure availability of clinical, diagnostic and full array of medical services these hospitals and institutions were designated to provide, he said.
However, approval of lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal would be taken for engaging the IIPA," a Government official clarified.
The facilities will be developed through public-private partnership mode on build-operate-and-transfer basis (BOT) basis, with a contract for 25 years. The TSDF will be spread over 14 acres of land, the official said.
The Cabinet also decided to sanction additional grant-in-aid to be released by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) from the Air Ambience Fund, up to Rs 1.95 crore towards 50 per cent of the capital cost to the project, he added.