Imphal (DIPR): On the 6th day of the ongoing 12th Manipur Legislative Assembly session, the House unanimously passed seven Demands for Grants amounting to Rs. 9951,84,61,000.
The Demands for Grants passed by the House are Demand No. 11 – Medical, Health & Family Welfare Services, Demand No. 12 – Municipal, Administration, Housing and Urban Development, Demand No. 15 – Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Demand No. 17 – Agriculture, Demand No. 18 – Animal Husbandry and Veterinary including Dairy Farming, Demand No. 20 – Community and Rural Development and Demand No. 30 – Planning.
A sum of Rs. 1919,67,30,000 for Demand No. 11 – Medical, Health & Family Welfare Services, Rs. 1038,09,10,000 for Demand No. 12 – Municipal, Administration, Housing and Urban Development, Rs. 171,69,98,000 for Demand No. 15 – Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Rs. 391,60,47,000 for Demand No. 17 – Agriculture, Rs. 194,25,36,000 for Demand No. 18 – Animal Husbandry and Veterinary including Dairy Farming, Rs 4754,58,12,000 for Demand No. 20 – Community and Rural Development and Rs. 1481,94,28,000 for Demand No. 30 – Planning have been granted and passed in the House for the financial year ending March 31, 2024.
During the discussion on demands for grants, MLAs K. Ranjit Singh and Th. Lokeshwar Singh moved cut motions which were later withdrawn and passed in the House. MLAs K. Meghachandra also joined in the demand discussion and expressed his observation on the demands.
Replying to a Policy Cut Motion, Health Minister Dr. Sapam Ranjan Singh informed the House that a common Biomedical Treatment Facility Centre at Shija Hospital under the license provided by the Manipur Pollution Control Board caters to biomedical waste management for about 57 health centres of the State including district hospitals, CHC, private clinics among others.
He also informed that another plant is located at Lamdeng, which has a processing capacity of 100 kg of biomedical wastes per hour.
As per the Biomedical Waste Rules, no other plants can be set up within a radius of 75 km of an existing bio-waste facility. RIMS and JNIMS have in-house incinerators to manage their respective biomedical wastes. Deep burial pits have been ensured for remote and far-flung areas to manage their bio medical waste, he conveyed.
Responding to another cut motion, Dr. Ranjan informed the House that the government has been following adequate safety norms on food safety in tune with the increasing materialization.
The Minister stated that random sampling has been undertaken on fish imported from outside the State to detect Formalin. Fortunately, all the inspections conducted so far fall below 4ppm, which is the acceptable limit fixed by FSSAI. A multi-dimensional approach on food safety has become very important, he added.
He also stated that pending COVID bills will be cleared by this financial year. The Health Minister further made an earnest appeal to the doctors on strike to resume their noble works in providing essential services to the people.
