SAMBALPUR: The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) has issued a notice to Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR), Burla seeking response on multiple environmental compliance violations within seven days and even threatened of strict action.
During an inspection by OSPCB on October 23 this year, the 1,018-bed hospital was found non-compliant with the waste management guidelines. As a result, its application for consent to operate (CTO) for the year 2023-24 was rejected. Besides, the hospital has not applied for renewal of CTO and authorisation for 2024-25.
On July 29, a team of Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) found major irregularities in the hospital’s effluent and sewage management system. While the hospital authorities had claimed to have started the upgradation process of the existing 20 KLD effluent treatment plant (ETP), it did not report the status of the progress of work on two additional ETPs proposed to be developed on its premises. Besides, issues were also found in the sewage treatment plant (STP) at Dhipapada for treatment of the hospital effluent.
