Table 2.
A comparison Chart State-wise details of COVID-19 Biomedical Waste Generation and Treatment June 2020-May 2021.
| A comparison Chart State-wise details of COVID-19 Biomedical Waste Generation and Treatment June 2020-May 2021 | |||||||||
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| S.No. | Name of States/UTs | COVID 19 BMW (TPD) May 2021 | COVID 19 BMW (Tons/day) June 2020 | Increase or Decrease/ No change | No. of CBWTFs engaged (May 2021) | Details of Facilities for Disposal of COVID-19 BMW (June 2020) | Adequacy of existing treatment facility (As on June 2020) | ||
| No. of CBWTFs engaged (June 2020) | Captive facilities Yes/No | Deep burial pits Yes/No | |||||||
| 1 | Andaman & Nicobar* | 0.014 | 0.014 | No Change | 0 | 0 | Y | N | Adequate with captive facilities |
| 2 | Andhra Pradesh | 9.99 | 5.516 | Decrease | 11 | 11 | N | N | Adequate |
| 3 | Arunachal Pradesh* | 0.112 | 0.112 | No Change | 0 | 0 | N | Y | Need to depend on Burial pits |
| 4 | Assam | 0.52 | 0.52 | Decrease | 1 | 1 | Y | Y | CBWTFs capacity is not adequate and 1 facility cannot cater to entire State. Need to depend on captive facilities and burial pits. |
| 5 | Bihar | 1.06 | 0.228 | Decrease | 4 | 4 | N | N | 80% of incinerator capacity utilised. Need to ensure proper |
| 6 | Chandigarh | 1.91 | 0.995 | Decrease | 1 | 1 | N | N | Adequate |
| 7 | Chhattisgarh | 2.76 | 0.373 | Decrease | 4 | 4 | INP | INP | Adequate capacity of CBWTFs. Details of other disposal options not provided |
| 8 | DD & DNH | 0.065 | 0.015 | Decrease | 1 | 1 | N | N | Adequate. Waste is being disposed through CBWTF at Surat, Gujarat |
| 9 | Delhi | 18.79 | 11.114 | Decrease | 2 | 2 | N | N | 70% of existing capacity of 2 incinerators utilised. Need to ensure proper segregation. |
| 10 | Goa* | 0.45 | 0.027 | Decrease | 0 | 0 | Y | Y | No CBWTF. Need to depend on captive facilities and Burial pits. |
| 11 | Gujarat | 21.98 | 11.693 | Decrease | 20 | 20 | N | N | Adequate |
| 12 | Haryana | 13.11 | 2.511 | Decrease | 11 | 11 | N | N | Adequate |
| 13 | Himachal Pradesh | 2.27 | 0.127 | Decrease | 2 | 2 | Y | Y | Adequate capacity with incinerators. 2 CBWTFs may not be adequate to cover entire State |
| 14 | Jammu and Kashmir | 2.49 | 0.357 | Decrease | 2 | 2 | Y | Y | 2 CBWTFs may not be adequate to cover entire State. Need to depend on captive facilities and burial pits. |
| 15 | Jharkhand | 0.56 | No Information | 4 | 2 | Informa tion not provide d | Informa tion not provide d | Compiled Information not provided hence adequacy could not be assessed. | |
| 16 | Karnataka | 16.91 | 2.8 | Increase | 26 | 25 | Adequate | ||
| 17 | Kerala | 23.71 | 4.71 | Increase | 1 | 1 | Y | N | All COVID biomedical waste sent to CBWTF. Capacity of CBWTF not adequate for total BMW. Hence captive facilities need to be operated |
| 18 | Lakshadweep | 0.01 | 0.01 | No Change | 0 | 2 | Y | Y | Adequate. May use 2 captive incinerators in 2 islands and deep burial pits in rest of the islands |
| 19 | Madhya Pradesh | 7.32 | 7.486 | Decrease | 13 | 11 | N | N | Adequate |
| 20 | Maharashtra | 19.02 | 17.494 | Increase | 29 | 29 | N | Y | Adequate. Stand-by arrangement also made with TSDFs in Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur cities |
| 21 | Manipur | 0.13 | 0.171 | Decrease | 1 | 1 | Adequate. However single facility may not cater to entire State | ||
| 22 | Meghalaya | 0.25 | 0.17 | Increase | 2 | 1 | Informa tion not provide d | Informa tion not provide d | Adequate Information not Submitted. Existing incinerator cannot dispose entire waste from State |
| 23 | Mizoram* | 0.033 | 0.14 | Increase | 0 | 0 | Informa tion not provide d | Informa tion not provide d | Adequate Information not Submitted |
| 24 | Nagaland* | 0.074 | 0.12 | Decrease | 0 | 0 | Y | Y | Adequate Information not Submitted |
| 25 | Odisha | 6.65 | 1.062 | Increase | 5 | 5 | N | N | 79% of common incinerators capacity utilised. Need to ensure proper segregation. |
| 26 | Puducherry | 1.81 | 0.621 | Increase | 1 | 2 | N | N | Adequate |
| 27 | Punjab | 4 | 1.6 | Increase | 5 | 5 | N | N | Adequate |
| 28 | Rajasthan | 4.98 | 5.9 | Decrease | 8 | 8 | N | Y | 88% of common incinerators capacity utilised. Need to ensure proper segregation and identify alternate facilities |
| 29 | Sikkim | 0.015 | 0.2 | Decrease | 0 | 0 | N | N | Adequate Information not Submitted |
| 30 | Tamil Nadu | 13.57 | 10.41 | Increase | 8 | 8 | N | N | 91% of incinerator capacity utilised. Need to ensure proper segregation and identify alternate incinerators / disposal options |
| 31 | Telangana | 4.96 | 0.41 | Increase | 11 | 11 | N | N | Adequate |
| 32 | Tripura | 0.02 | 0.015 | Decrease | 1 | 1 | Y | Y | 71% of incinerator capacity utilised. |
| 33 | Uttarakhand | 1.98 | 0.53 | Increase | 2 | 2 | N | Y | 2% of Incinerator capacity utilised. Only 2 incinerators may not be adequate to cater entire State area. Need to depend on deep burial |
| 34 | Uttar Pradesh | 15.91 | 7 | Increase | 18 | N | N | Adequate | |
| 35 | West Bengal | 6.5 | 5.72 | Increase | 6 | 6 | N | N | Adequate |
| Total | 203 MTPD | 101 MTPD | 198 | 195 | |||||