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". …
The state government has asked schools to ensure that no plastic flags are used while celebrating Republic Day on January 26. The school education ministry's circular is a reminder to schools of a previous union home ministry note on the procedure for use of the national flag. In it is …
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Thursday allowed the organisers to hold the prestigious Kala Ghoda cultural festival in the city for nine days from February 7 next, while ensuring proper hygiene, regulating collection of garbage and seeking strict implementation of noise pollution rules. A bench of justices V M …
Ensure permission from Revenue dept as regards to entertainment tax rules; Coordination on law and order via CCTVs along with police authorities; PCB to monitor the event for time limits and sound levels MAPUSA: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) in its order dated December 23 has directed the organisers of …
Nagpur: While issuing a stern warning to the new year revellers against creating noise, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has barred mobile DJ systems operating without permission and also directed the police and RTO offices across Maharashtra to confiscate such vehicles and equipment. "Vehicles mounted with DJ systems or similar …
Police Chiefs To Get Report From Watchdog The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), which monitored noise across 45 locations in Mumbai during Diwali this year, will be writing to various police chiefs about the data collected by them once they bring out their final report. However, noise pollution activists say …
Canal blocking an exercise in futility; no repairs, no cleaning The annual Ganga canal closure being done since the last 100 years from Haridwar in Uttarakhand has now become a routine exercise carried out by irrigation department of Uttar Pradesh. Neither the canal bed was cleaned this year nor was …
The pollution level rose by four to 17 decibels at residential, commercial and even silent zones of the city this Diwali making it the most 'unhealthy' festival of lights' in the last few decades. The data collected by the regional office of Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) reveals that …
If the quality of air on this year’s Diwali is compared with that of 2013 Diwali, it can be gauged that it was more of a festival of firecrackers than of lights or sweets. According to Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board (RSPCB) that measured the air quality at its six …
Data collated over the last three years by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has shown that there was a dip in noise pollution levels in Kolhapur during this Diwali. With instructions to local distributors and manufacturers in southern India to lower levels in firecrackers, the intensity of noise was …
NOIDA: The city's air pollution level was 40% lower when compared with previous year's figures, while its noise level was down by 10%, according to the pollution control board's recordings this Diwali. According to PCB officials, Noida's residential areas recorded a noise level of 72.18 decibels on October 23, between …
THE city witnessed a noisier, but cleaner Diwali this year. According to readings, taken by Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), of 51 locations where noise levels were recorded during the day on October 23, 42 had noise levels higher than those recorded in 2013. However, the data also shows that …
The ‘Green Diwali’ campaigns, awareness drives and rallies taken out across the city against firecrackers seem to have had no impact, with the city recording air and noise pollution beyond permissible levels again this year. The maximum noise pollution was reported between 8 pm and 10 pm. At one place, …
The unexpected rains in the city on Saturday brought down the air pollution levels after Diwali celebrations to within permissible limits in some areas. The temperatures, however, remained low on Sunday and no rain till evening allowed the pollution levels to rise again. “The average PM 2.5 level in the …
Thick smoke hung over New Delhi this week as millions lit firecrackers to mark the Diwali festival, but calls for a boycott highlighted growing concerns over air quality in one of the world's most polluted cities. Pollution in the Indian capital reached "severe" levels on Friday, the day after Diwali, …
Real Time Continuous Ambient Noise Monitoring has been conducted at 35 locations in seven cities (Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Lucknow, Bangalore and Hyderabad) since 2011. Ambient Noise Level Trend in these seven cities on the occasion of Deepawali 23/10/2014, 03/11/2013, 13/11/2012 and 26/10/2011 along with data are presented in this …
Deepawali, the festival of lights is also synonyms as festival of crackers. Like previous years, the Central Pollution Control Board, Delhi besides being associated with awareness programs on the evils of crackers, maintained a close watch on the data and carried out comprehensive monitoring of ambient noise and air quality …
Firecracker wholesalers of the State Capital fail to ensure anti-pollution norms. However, it is claimed that popular manufacturers have assured the smoke and noise is comparatively less this year. “We cannot show you the specifications in latest form of rockets, flower pots, sparklers and reels. But, can guarantee that they …
Diwali will be a noisy affair this year, at least in Pune, as most of the fireworks that have failed the tests across the nation by the Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation (Peso) have already entered the city's market. Upon interviewing several firecracker vendors in Pune, TOI found that these …
Hadapsar, Shivajinagar Set To Be Most Polluted If you live in Hadapsar, Shivajinagar or Alandi and suffer from asthma or some other respiratory disease, you may consider going out of town as these areas are likely to witness the highest rise in pollution levels during Diwali celebrations, stated the System …
Scientists Say Pollution To Reach Dangerous Levels Despite Warm Weather Delhiites are likely to breathe in severely polluted air the day after Diwali. At present, the capital's air quality is hovering in the category range of `moderate' and `very poor' according to the national air quality index launched by the …
