Nagaland Pollution Control Board (NPCB) has notified that as per the Bio Medical Waste Management Rules, 2016, all the health care facilities (government and private) must obtain authorization/renewal from the prescribed authority. i.e. Nagaland Pollution Control Board.
In a notice, NPCB member secretary K Hukato Chishi informed all bedded health care facilities to install effluent treatment plant (ETP) within six months and comply with the output discharge standard for liquid waste as per Schedule — II (8) of the BMW Rules, 2016 from the date of issue of the notification.
NPCB also notified that all non-bedded occupiers must dispose infectious liquid wastes only after proper treatment by disinfection as per Schedule — II (6) of the BMW Rules, 2016.