GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 40
TO BE ANSWERED ON19.07.2021
Bio-medical waste generation pertaining to COVID-19 treatment
40. SHRI BIKASH RANJAN BHATTACHARYYA:

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

(a) the details of bio-medical waste generation pertaining to the treatment of COVID-19

patients since 2020 till date, State-wise; and

(b) the details of management and handling of such bio-medical waste, State-wise?

 

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a)&(b) The Central Pollution Control Board has developed guidelines for handling,

treatment and disposal of COVID-19 Bio-medical Waste (BMW) generated during

treatment/ diagnosis/ quarantine of COVID-19 patients under the provisions of

Biomedical Waste Management Rules, 2016 (BMWM Rules, 2016). As per the

guidelines, Healthcare Facilities are required to segregate the BMW at source and

hand over such segregated waste to the Common Bio-medical Waste Treatment

Facility operators for treatment and disposal. Similarly, the waste generated from

Quarantine camps/ Home Quarantine/ Home Isolation, is treated as ‘domestic

hazardous waste’ as defined under Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 for

collection by Urban Local Bodies, and thereafter, disposed as per the provisions of

BMWM Rules, 2016.

Further, to track the generation and disposal of COVID-19 Bio-medical Waste

(BMW), CPCB has developed an app namely COVID19 BWM. The State-wise

waste generation details from June-2020 to June-2021 are mentioned below:

States/Union Territories COVID-19 BMW generated (in Tonnes)

Andaman & Nicobar 4.0

Andhra Pradesh 2877.5

Arunachal Pradesh 34.8

Assam 337.4

Bihar 336.0

Chandigarh 671.4

Chhattisgarh 381.4

Daman & Diu 14.1

Delhi 3995.3

Goa 124.2

Gujarat 5004.9

Haryana 3025.3

Himachal Pradesh 414.3

Jammu and Kashmir 543.0

Jharkhand 136.6

Karnataka 3133.6

Kerala 6442.2

Lakshadweep 3.6

Madhya Pradesh 2462.8

Maharashtra 8317.0

Manipur 56.5

Meghalaya 92.2

Mizoram 29.2

Nagaland 34.1

Odisha 1642.9

Puducherry 428.4

Punjab 1289.1

Rajasthan 1382.8

Sikkim 36.6

Tamil Nadu 4835.9

Telangana 1109.7

Tripura 7.6

Uttarakhand 683.4

Uttar Pradesh 3881.7

West Bengal 3128.9

Total 56898.4

The above generated wastes are to be treated as per guidelines issued by CPCB in

respective States.