ludhiana south city residents are upset at the burning of biomedical wastes in the waste dump near the post mortem complex of guru angad dev veterinary and animal sciences university gadvasu sources said that workers of the university collect biomedical waste including that from post mortem of animals and garbage from the university campus and dump it near the post mortem complex of gadvasu they added that after that they set the same on fire caring little about the environment gadvas sources said that the biomedical waste burnt near the post mortem complex comprises chemicals needles operation related matter and othersresidents of south city area are also upset because of the problem i have seen garbage burning in the dump inside the university near back gate of pau the university workers are burning garbage and biomedical waste in such a careless manner which can pose serious health problems to us the university authorities should act tough against the officials indulging in such a practice and dispose of waste in a proper manner said mridula jain resident of south city the universities by the way should set an example of scientific disposal of biomedical waste but it is shocking that the reverse is happening she saidenvironmental activists meanwhile say burning of garbage and biomedical waste is a serious issue it has been brought to our notice as well the university authorities have to spread awareness against environmental pollution they should take immediate steps to ensure that biomedical waste is not set on fire in the future said keemti rawal an environmental and social activist he added that burning of biomedical waste can be dangerous for the heath of people living in the area and especially cause serious problems to children and elderlygadvasu authorities say that they have zero tolerance towards burning of garbage and have issued instructions to the staff not to burn garbage we have already issued instructions that no one will set garbage on fire anywhere in the university we will look into it someone might have played mischief or maybe spark from high tension wires passing overhead the dump might have resulted in the same said director students welfare dsw gadvasu satyavn rampal he added that they would also deploy security personnel there to ensure that it doesnt happen again