Parliament Question: Illegal Dumping of Animal Carcasses

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5060 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.03.2026 Illegal Dumping of Animal Carcasses

5060. DR. BYREDDY SHABARI:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to

state:

(a) whether the Government is aware of incidents of illegal dumping of animal carcasses in open public places, water bodies, canals, roadsides and vacant lands during the last three years and if so, the number of such incidents reported, State/UT and year-wise;

(b) the details of inspections conducted by State Pollution Control Boards and municipal authorities, violations detected and cases where penalties, prosecutions or corrective actions were initiated during the said period, State/UT and year-wise;

(c) the total amount of fines or compensation recovered and the number of carcasses scientifically disposed of during the said period, State/UT and year-wise;

(d) whether any nodal authority or officer has been designated to monitor compliance and coordinate with States and local bodies along with the actions taken thereon; and

(e) the measures undertaken for awareness, training and effective implementation for avoiding improper disposal, including outreach to local authorities, slaughterhouses and the public? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH)

(a) to (e): Based upon the available information, as provided by State Pollution Control Boards and Pollution Control Committees, there are instances of dumping of animal carcasses in open public places, water bodies and vacant lands and action has been taken as per law.

The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying has issued guidelines on disposal of animal carcass and disinfection for scientific disposal of animal carcass and animal waste.

The Central Pollution Control Board has also issued ‘Guidelines for Carcass Disposal’ in

2020. A standard operating procedure for disposing Tiger/ leopard carcass/ body parts has been issued by National Tiger Conservation Authority.

As per the Solid Waste Management Rules 2016, the local authorities and Panchayats have been mandated to collect waste from meat, poultry and fish market on day-to-day basis and promote setting up of decentralised compost plant or bio-methanation plant at suitable locations in the markets or in the vicinity of markets ensuring hygienic conditions.Under the Bio-medical Waste Management Rules 2016, notified vide G.S.R. 343(E) dated

28.03.2016, the treatment and disposal options of Animal Anatomical Waste (i.e.

Experimental animal carcasses, body parts, organs, tissues, including the waste generated from animals used in experiments or testing in veterinary hospitals or colleges or animal houses) through Incineration or Plasma Pyrolysis or deep burial have been provided under Schedule I. The Disposal by deep burial is permitted only in rural or remote areas where there is no access to common bio-medical waste treatment facility. This will be carried out with prior approval from the prescribed authority and as per the Standards specified in Schedule- II of the Bio-medical Waste Management Rules 2016.

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