(a) whether the Government is aware that recently a team from the Central Pollution Control Board found that in Ludhiana (Punjab) ,Cotton waste from hospitals, dumped at the city`s solid waste disposal plant was being silted, dried in the open there and sent to pack mattresses and quilts ;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether Government proposes to issue fresh guidelines regarding disposal of bio-medical waste by the hospitals;
(d) if so, the details thereof; and
(e) the measures taken or proposed to be taken by the Government to check recurrence of such cases in the country ?