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.

CHENNAI: The state government has notified amendments to the Goondas Act to include individuals involved in the illegal dumping or unscientific handling of biomedical waste in Tamil Nadu. Of late, ...

MADURAI: Doctors have voiced concerns of infection spreading as bio medical waste generated in the taluk government hospitals is not cleared in the last 24 hours. They claimed that the private ...

Chennai: Six months after two Kerala hospitals failed to pay environmental fines, the state govt has initiated revenue recovery proceedings that could lead to the attachment of their properties. The ...