Pharma company fined for dumping medical waste in open

Indore Municipal Corporation slapped a spot fine of ₹25,000 against a pharma company for allegedly littering medical waste in the open.

According to senior IMC officials, commissioner Pratibha Pal has instructed them to take appropriate actions against those who are littering garbage in the open and making a dent in the image of the country’s cleanest city.

The medical waste, during the examination of the documents/papers found in the pile of medical waste, was found to belong to a pharma company Gynofem Healthcare Private Limited situated at plot number 156/3 in Scheme number 78.

The team reached the address printed on the documents/papers approached the pharma company’s management and slapped a penalty of ₹25,000. The Health Master