To dispose of biomedical waste
Raipur, November 23, 2010
The incinerator to dispose of biomedical waste is likely to be installed in six months. The government has already sanctioned Rs 75 lakh to purchase this equipment. The government has also approved an additional fund of Rs 13 lakh pertaining to biomedical waste management process. According to information, the Health department will invite tenders to buy incinerator in the first week of January 2010 after acquiring 2.5 acres land from the municipal corporation to install this equipment. After installation, the entire management of biomedical waste as well as maintenance of incinerator would be done by the RMC.
The superintendent of Ambedkar Hospital Dr Vivek Choudhary has sent a letter to the Health secretary informing him about the provision of land for biomedical waste management from the RMC. Choudhary has requested from the Health department to quickly commence the land acquisition work from the municipal so that the tendering and installation process of incinerator could be completed in next six months before the next rainy season.
“We hope that the municipal corporation would begin disposing of hospital waste in an environment friendly manner through incinerator by summer 2011,” said Dr Choudhary.
The city was desperately requiring proper biomedical waste management process with the emergence of too many private nursing homes in the past couple of years. According to municipal’s Health department, there are about 200 big and medium-size hospitals and nursing homes functioning in the capital.
By far, with no disposable unit for biomedical waste and lethargic attitude of the municipal, these hospitals were recklessly throwing such waste in their surrounding posing threat to the health of nearby residents and creating unhygienic atmosphere.
But, about six months back, the RMC suddenly cautioned these hospitals to avoid creating insanitation in their ambience. It also constituted zonal health teams to regularly inspect the nursing homes and to take strong action against them besides imposing heavy fine if they would be found violating municipal norms.
At present, the nearest incinerator is installed in Bhilai and the bio waste is being transported through light vehicles by one E-tech company which is insufficient to clean up all the waste from the capital.
Presentation on biomedical waste management today
Raipur, November 23, 2010
The Nagpur-based agency - SMS infrastructure limited that has expertise in biomedical waste management would give its presentation to the civic authorities and others at RMC’s Pt Ravishankar Shukla conference hall at 12 pm on Wednesday. The presentation will be given by the agency’s manager Milind Adbe. The meeting will be attended by Mayor Kiranmayi Nayak, Ambedkar Hospital superintendent Dr Vivek Choudhary, civic Commissioner Om Prakash Choudhary, secretary and regional officer of Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board (CECB), representatives of E-Tech Project Private Limited which is an environment and renewable energy consultancy, MiC members and municipal’s health staffers.
Cong to organise health camp for disabled from Nov 26
Raipur, November 23, 2010
The PCC disability services cell will organise massive two-day health camp for disabled in Mahaveer Bhawan at Sadar Bazar on November 26 and 27, 2010. In this camp, Dr Sunil Kalda will conduct operations of those children who have cleft lip and palate. The operation would be done free-of-cost. The cell’s president Mahendra Kochchar informed that the party aimed to conduct operations of 125 children with cleft lips and palates on the occasion of 125 establishment year of Congress. The cell will also distribute artificial limbs to the disabled in the camp.
RMC’s malaria control week kick starts today
Raipur, November 23, 2010
The RMC’s massive campaign to prevent occurrence and diffusion of malaria, dengue and other contagious diseases – malaria control week will kick start on Wednesday. Mayor Kiranmayi Nayak will flag off the health teams constituted for this special week from Kalibadi isolation centre at 9 am.
Under the malaria control week, the health teams will conduct fogging in all the 70 wards from November 24 to 30. Besides, sprinkling of larvicidal will be carried out, especially on stagnant water.
Similarly, the municipal corporation and District Malaria Office will put Gambusia fish in the ponds of the city to control breeding of mosquitoes under biological control programme.
The District Malaria Office will further conduct dense survey in each ward to figure out people suffering from malaria under its Early Detection Prompt Treatment Plan (EDPTP). Under the plan, the health teams will further collect the blood samples of the malaria patients and administer them anti-malarial dose.
In addition, the health teams would create awareness about the contagious diseases in the wards. They will inform the residents about measures to check occurrence of malaria, dengue and other diseases.
BJP mayors pass resolution for urban good governance
Korba Mayor Jogesh Lamba moves the ten-point resolution
Raipur, November 23, 2010
The BJP mayors passed a ten-point resolution for urban good governance on Tuesday. The resolution was moved by Korba Mayor Jogesh Lamba during the national convention on urban good governance that was organised by the party at Lucknow.
A total of 114 mayors, deputy mayors and other civic officials representing 34 municipal corporations from 13 states participated in this convention named as Nagariya Suraj Sankalp Sammelan.
The convention was earlier addressed by BJP national general secretary and Chhattisgarh incharge Jagat Prakash Nadda who exhorted all the participants to focus on securing both the environments - natural as well as cultural. He further said that the ten-point resolution, i.e. the charter of commitments adopted by the delegates at the convention should serve the purpose of a set of guiding principals and the party would be able to successfully expand its urban base if the party mayors would strive to translate such commitments into reality.
The resolution comprised that the party is committed for local democracy and will take all steps to devolve functions, resources and powers to urban local bodies and its elected representative as per 74th Constitutional Amendment Act. Where it is found suitable it will go beyond 7th Constitutional Amendment Act.
Besides, the party held a view that there should be well laid out urban policy at national and state level. The BJP will revise and put in place appropriate urban policy in the states where it is in power.
The mayor further agreed on citizen-centric urban governance apart from the issues of poor and poverty alleviation. The party also advocated for clean, healthy and ecologically sustainable city adopting proper sewerage system as well as solid waste management systems and pollution control mechanism with necessary infrastructure.
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