India, Feb. 10 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:

Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh today launched India's first indigenous Automated Bio Medical Waste Treatment Plant at AIIMS New Delhi.

The Automated Biomedical Waste Treatment Rig, named srinam was officially dedicated to the nation by the Minister at a ceremony held in the AIIMS auditorium. Following the ceremony, he, accompanied by Director General of CSIR Dr. N. Kalaiselvi and Director of AIIMS Dr. M. Srinivas, walked to the site within the AIIMS premises where the machinery had been installed and formally switched it on.

This innovative, environmentally friendly technology, developed by CSIR-NIIST (National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Tech...