Medical waste disposed of in Biring River in Birtamod

Medical waste, highly hazardous to health and generated by various hospitals in Birtamod, has been finding its way to the Biring River of late.

When Bhim Prasad Rajbanshi from Dhailadubba in Kankai Municipality-9 went to bathe in the Biring River on Monday with his friends, he saw bags full of garbage floating in the river. Upon closer inspection, he saw that all the garbage bags contained medical waste.