Action taken report in the form of affidavit on behalf of the District Magistrate and Collector, South 24 Parganas District dated February 22, 2025. The matter related to a newspaper report which appeared in the Hindu, January 15, 2024 titled "Rising sea, shrinking sands erode vibrancy of Ganga Sagar mela". …
GURGAON: As a result of the efforts of the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) to make the people aware of the harmful effects of burning firecrackers, lower pollution levels were recorded in the State during Diwali this year as compared to last year. A spokesman of the HSPCB said …
LUCKNOW: Put off your evening walk plan if you have an ailment of lungs, especially chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), warn experts. That's because change of season increases rate of air pollution drastically after Diwali. Addressing reporters on the eve of World COPD awareness day here on Tuesday, pulmonologist Dr …
BENGALURU: Rising concerns about pollution in major Indian cities have led to a dramatic increase in sales of home air purifiers. New Delhi, which has been called the most polluted city in the world by WHO, is not only the biggest buyer of air purifiers but is also the city …
Panaji: National Green Tribunal has issued a directive to the police to initiate measures to keep noise pollution at an electronic dance music (EDM) festival at Vagator within permissible levels and ensure that timings laid down by court are adhered to. In an order to provide ad interim relief to …
Panaji: National Green Tribunal has issued a directive to the police to initiate measures to keep noise pollution at an electronic dance music (EDM) festival at Vagator within permissible levels and ensure that timings laid down by court are adhered to. In an order to provide ad interim relief to …
MUMBAI:Trombay was the noisiest area in the city during the festive days of Diwali and Gandhi Market while Matunga was the quietest, shows data recorded by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board. While noise pollution was lower compared to last year, air pollution levels shot up considerably, found the board. The …
The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) on Monday said that noise levels in the daytime during Diwali was very high. However, experts say that this may have been due to the addition of the traffic noise as the levels were recorded mostly at busy places. The MPCB monitored Ambient Noise …
Brandy, a Golden Retriever, has refused to step out for his morning and evening walks. Aatish, a German Shepherd, has lost his appetite. Maggi, a Labrador, is not his usual active self. Even his favourite, biscuits with dollops of peanut butter, has not been able to draw him out of …
The CPCB said pollutants dispersed faster this year due to favourable weather conditions. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) Saturday confirmed particulate matter had peaked across its air quality monitoring stations on Diwali, hitting close to 600 micrograms per cubic metre, around six times the prescribed limit for PM10, and …
Here is a look at the elevated pollution levels and the health risks they subject us to. The good news: Pollutants, especially particulate matter — PM10 and PM2.5, dispersed fast this Diwali in Delhi, riding on favourable weather conditions. The bad news: Air quality nosedived despite the favourable conditions. Noise …
This year, the CPCB has attempted to coordinate monitoring of ambient noise levels at more than 200 locations and ambient air quality at about 170 locations across the country. The compiled data shall be published as CPCB does every year. In Delhi, Ambient Noise was monitored at 16 locations and …
Ambient Noise Level assessment has been conducted at 70 locations in seven cities (Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Lucknow, Bangalore and Hyderabad) reveals following observations: Out of 70 locations, only 07 locations at Peeniya (Industrial) and Whitefield (Industrial) in Bangalore; Jeedimetla (Industrial) and Addapotharam (Industrial) in Hyderabad; Tartala (Industrial) in Kolkata; …
Mumbai: While the city's air quality deteriorates during Diwali, pollution is a cause for worry throughout the year due to constant increase in vehicles, construction projects and poor sanitation. The BMC's Environment Status Report (ESR) 2014-15 states that nitrogen dioxide and ammonia levels in the air not just exceed limits …
The Delhi government’s environment department is considering introducing certain measures to bring down air and noise pollution levels If the AAP government’s environment department has its way, Delhi may witness a markedly different Diwali next year, one that won’t be such a noisy and polluted affair. The Delhi government’s environment …
Bhubaneswar/Cuttack: People in the twin cities want to celebrate Diwali as a true festival of lights, without ear-splitting noise and choking smoke. Cracker sellers in the twin cities are taken aback at the way sky lanterns and hot air balloons are flying off the shelves. These seem to be the …
CHENNAI: The rain gods might have played spoilsport with cracker-bursting fun during this Diwali, but the consequence is one that should make every environment-conscious denizen of the city happy. Ambient air pollution levels for this year’s festival of lights have come down by a whopping 45 per cent. According to …
Conformity to ambient air quality standards in respect of noise from bursting of firecrackers could not be determined in Erode district during Deepavali as there was no testing carried out by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board. According to official sources, the noise level was not monitored in the district. …
Firecracker traders may have complained of a slowdown in cracker sales but air pollution levels on Wednesday didn't reflect their concerns by any measure. Air quality deteriorated drastically 9pm onwards on Wednesday breaching all safety standards by several times indicating that Delhi government and Centre's anti-cracker messaging didn't translate to …
While traders, schools, business houses and various NGOs had been promoting eco-friendly Diwali by holding anti-cracker campaigns in the run-up to the festival, levels of air and noise pollution exceeded the permissible limit on the Diwali night during the last four years. Though the Chandigarh Pollution Control Committee (CPCC) is …
While the permissible limits for noise pollution in the district is 50 decibels in silence zones and 55 decibels in residential areas, the decibels have been far extending that limit every Diwali in the district. While the noise pollution levels in residential areas touched 82 to 85 decibels between 9 …
