India, Oct. 25 -- Residents of Manesar raised concerns over alleged dumping of biomedical waste in the open by private medical facilities, alleging multiple hot spots of dumping surgical gloves, contaminated dressings, used syringes and scalpel blades have cropped up around the city.

Residents said such dumps have mushroomed near the road leading to Vipul Lavanya Society in Sector 81, in front of the Microtek Greenburg in Sector 86 and a 1.5-kilometre stretch leading from Tipsy Town to Naharpur Road.

"We have repeatedly filed complaints to the municipal authorities and even the pollution control board. Yet, they take no action against the offenders," said KL Verma, president of the Microtek Greenburg residents' welfare association (RWA)...