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Uttarakhand Pollution Control Board is going to issue notices to all those government departments which have unnecessarily accumulated e-waste like unusable old computers, printers, scanners and mobiles, Chief Secretary Radha Raturi said on Monday.
Presiding over a meeting of the Uttarakhand Pollution Control Board in the Secretariat, the Chief Secretary also gave strict instructions regarding e-waste management. Raturi asked all government and non-government organizations to develop an effective system for solid waste management and medical waste disposal.
She also instructed the government departments not to commit any kind of negligence in this regard. Along with this, the Chief Secretary said bare essentials like hand gloves, masks, gumboots should be immediately made available to the sanitation workers engaged in the work of solid waste management and their disposal.
Regarding the use of Environmental Compensation Fund, Raturi called for creating infrastructure facilities for collection, storage, transportation, processing of solid waste under solid waste management, production of bio-fertilizers through NADEP pits, encourage mass cleanliness drives, make arrangements for collection and disposal of sanitary waste and domestic hazardous waste and conduct training programs for ragpickers regarding solid waste management.
The Chief Secretary said there should be regular inspection of industrial units to check plastic waste management.
Along with this, CS has directed the officials to reward and encourage all those individuals, NGOs and institutions which are working for plastic waste management .
The Chief Secretary said an effective surveillance system regarding biomedical waste management should be developed. Along with this, she has given instructions to organize training and awareness programs for paramedical personnel regarding segregation, storage and disposal of biomedical waste.
Raturi has given instructions to organize skill development and awareness programs for such people under Hazardous waste management who handle, recycle and pre-process hazardous waste. She has also given instructions to assess potential hazardous waste contaminated sites.
Raturi has issued directions regarding the treatment of domestic wastewater that decentralized wastewater treatment system should be promoted as much as possible. Along with this, community sanitary complexes should also be encouraged. She has given instructions to encourage the use of treated water for purposes other than drinking. Regarding industrial wastewater, the Chief Secretary has advised that gap funding should be used for the establishment of common treatment plants.