- The letter summarizes issues with the management of bio-medical waste from hospitals in Nagpur, India by the service provider Superb Hygienic Disposals. Specifically, the service provider had not been collecting all waste from hospitals for over a month, leaving waste piled up beyond the legal limit of 48 hours. - While the waste is now being cleared, this is an ongoing issue and violates bio-medical waste management rules. The service provider claims unpaid fees from hospitals, but hospitals state they have been paying required charges. - The letter requests action be taken against the service provider for illegally stopping waste collection, as this poses a public health risk, and asks that regular waste disposal be ensured as required by

1. Dr. ASHOK ARBAT
(President)
09822466640
DT. ALOK UMRE
(Secretary)
09822237977
DT. DEEPAK DESHMUKH
(Treasurer)
098226956L1
Date-20lO7 l202l
The Menber gecretary
Maharashtre Pollutlon Coatrol Boasd
Mumbal
Subject - Discrepancies in the Management of Bio-Medical Waste (BMW) arld
issues thereof
R/Sir,
Greetings from Nagpur! This is to bring to your kind notice va,rious issues w.r.t.
BMW management being Iiaced by many hospitals in the city. As you are aware,
all the hospitals in ttre Vidarbha region are being provided Bio-Medical Waste
management serrrices by Superb Hygienic Disposals {'Sewice ProviderJ, which
is responsible for pick-up, transportation & disposal of the BMW & is operating
a Central Bio-Medical Waste Treatment Facilifu fCBMWTP) at Bhardewadi.
Since trast one month, Superb Hygienic Disposals company had not been
collecting complete BMW from the hospitals, resulting in undue piling up of
remaining hazardous Bio-Medical Waste beyond the maximum prescribed limit
of 48 hours (objectionable to Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) as
per Biomedical Waste Managenent Rules, 2016 & subsequent amendments),
This prolonged storage of BMW owing to non/partial pick up is potentially very
hazardous to health workers & patient/relatives etc. After a lot of
communications, the waste is slowly being cleared now. Ttre same thing has
happened in the past as well and if this continues & similar events happen in
future, we wish to reiterate that Superb Hygienic Disposals, owing to their
callous attitude, will be solely responsible for any biohazard that may happen.
Superb Hygienic Disposals has cited payment issues from hospital's end for
this siiuation, which is patently incorrect. In fact had tlle payment issue even
been genuine, in the larger public interest, tJre service provider cannot stop or
slow down (only partial collection) in an arm twisting ma'nner, which they are
duty-bound to, in line with the Biomedical Waste Management Rules- 2O16.
lmmediate Past President
DT. UDAY MAHURKAR
0992242781,1,
Vice Presidents
Dr. SHRIKANT MUKEWAR
07720033240
Dr. PRAMOD GlRl
09373057486
Conveners
DT. ANUP MARAR
09823180190
DT. SAMEER PALTEWAR
09822202762
Joint Secretaries
Dr. DILIP RATHI
09822227478
DT. SHANTANU SENGUPTA
09923190925
Joint Treasurer
Dr. RAVI MANNADIYAR
093702861.15
Executives Members
Dr. AVINASH POPHALI
09422225767
DT. PRAKASH KHETAN
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Dr. DEEPAK JESWANI
09823939000
DT. PRASHANT RATH I
09423116568
DR, KUSH JHUNIHUNWALA
09764373366
Dr. AKASH BALKI
09890812215
Dr. AMOL DESHMUKH
09823297303
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2. Dr. ASHOK ARBAT
(President)
09822466640
Dr. ALOK UMRE
(Secretary)
09822237977
Dr. DEEPAK DESHMUKH
(Treasurer)
0982269561L
lmmediate Past President
DT. UDAY MAHURKAR
099224274r1,
Vice Presidents
DT. SHRIKANT IVlUKEWAR
o7720033280
Dr. PRAMOD GlRl
09373057486
Conveners
Dr. $NUP MARAR
09823180190
DT, SAIV]EER PALTEWAR
09822202762
Joint Secretaries
Dr. DILIP RATHI
09822227474
Dr. SHANTANU SENGU PTA
09923190925
Joint Treasurer
Dr. RAVI MANNADIYAR
093702861,t5
Executives Members
Dr. AVINASH POPHALI
09422225767
DT. PRAKASH KHETAN
o9a23071748
Dr. DEEPAK IESWANI
09823939000
Dr. PRASHANT RATH I
09423116568
DR. KUSH JHUNJHUNWALA
o9764373366
Dr. AKASH BALKI
0949041,2215
Dr AMOL DESHMUKH
09423297303
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Interpart5r dispute can't be allowed to cause public harm, as has been ruled by
the honorable High Court in a few recent judgments.
All the concerned hospitals have been regularly paying the demanded
Biomedical hospital waste disposal charges as per the previously agreed
tripartite MOU dated 1O/O9/2OO4, signed between NMC, IMA-Nagpur &
Superb Hygienic Disposals and applicable for 3O years. The issue is pertaining
to not only the hiked up part of Non-Covid waste charges unduly levied by the
service provider but also the unjustified Covid waste disposal charges.
As per l,aw of the land, Superb Hygienic Disposals is at liberty to seek legal
recourse to resolve the dispute w.r.t- paJ&ent but can't stop t]1e service of
collecting BMW from hospitals as it q/ill result in larger public harm.
In view of the above facts, we request your good office to issue a reprimand to
the Superb Hygienic Disposals to henceforth not hassle the hospitals unduly &
illegally and ensure regular proper disposal of BMW as per the tripartite
agreement inforce.
Thanking you in anticipation ald with warm Regards, I remain,
Yours truly,
)n^
Dr. Anup Marar
Convener
Dr. Alok Umre
Secretar5r
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Dr. Ashok Arbat
President
Copv with respects for lmuediate helo to:
Hon'ble Shri.Aaditya Thackeray, Minister of Environment and Climate Change,
Government of Maharashtra
Copv wlth regatds for lamedlate needfrrl help to:
R/Sml Manisha Mahaiska-r, Principat Secreta,ry, Environment Dept.
Government of Maharashtra, Mumbai 4OO O32
Colv to:
The Regional OfEcer, Maharashtra Pollution Control Board, Nagpur