The bill was passed in the Assembly in April 2025 amid incidents of medical waste from neighbouring Kerala being dumped in border districts of Tamil Nadu leading to an outrage.

The Madras High Court has observed that the state government should take appropriate measures to address the issue of individuals transporting bio-medical waste from Kerala to Tamil Nadu. The court ...

Taking a serious view of medical waste from other States, particularly Kerala, being dumped in Tamil Nadu, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Monday (February 3, 2025) observed that ...

TIRUNELVELI: Demanding legal action against those responsible for burning biomedical and other waste inside the Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital (TVMCH) premises, Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK) ...

The southern bench of the National Green Tribunal has called on the Commissioner of Tambaram City Municipal Corporation to explain how receipts for ₹5 lakh each were issued for fines related to two ...

COIMBATORE: Inter-state disputes over dumping of biomedical waste can be mitigated if they can be used productively in agriculture. This is what the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research and ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has created a global health crisis along with diverse impacts on environment, economy and society. It has posed various challenges to the existing regulations and management ...