Truckloads of drugs dumped on Uran road

NAVI MUMBAI: At a time when the Bombay high court has directed the state government to ensure that all hospitals comply with the requisite guidelines for disposal of bio-medical waste, nearly two truckloads of medicines, some of them way past their expiry dates, have been dumped by the roadside in Uran.
The drugs have been lying near a Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) unit for the last six days.
Considering the chemical nature of these drugs, it is surprising why the authorities have not removed them from the area.
Tehsildar of Uran taluka Dilip Walunj told TOI that a report was submitted to the police. However, no action has been taken yet. "The land where the medicines have been dumped belongs to City & Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco) and they'll have to be notified in order to remove the drugs," said Walunj.
Health officer of Uran taluka Dr Kiran Gaikwad said that this was the first time that such an incident was reported in the area. "These are all branded medicines and are available in the market. It is baffling why someone has dumped them here," Gaikwad said.
Among the dumped drugs are antibiotic tablet Talcef (expiry date 2008) and Ciplabutol IDM inhaler (expiry date September 2010).