Assam Tea industry wants its hospitals be exempted from Bio-medical rule

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BS Reporter Kolkata/ Guwahati
Last Updated : Feb 08 2013 | 12:11 AM IST
The Assam tea industry wants its hospitals situated within tea gardens to be exempted from Bio-Medical Rule, 2000, which warrant payment of requisite fees and that too “at a very high rate.”

According to the tea industry, since its hospitals do not generate human anatomical waste or microbiological and biotechnological wastes, these hospitals need not fall under the Bio-Medical Rule.

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First Published: Feb 08 2013 | 12:11 AM IST

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