February 11, 2025 1:52 PM

India’s first Automated Biomedical Waste Treatment Plant launched at AIIMS

Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh on Tuesday inaugurated India’s first indigenous Automated Biomedical Waste Treatment Plant at AIIMS New Delhi. The plant, named “Sṛjanam,” was developed by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research – National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR-NIIST). Designed to manage biomedical waste sustainably, the plant disinfects pathogenic waste such as blood, urine, sputum, and laboratory disposables without using incinerator...