Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
The present work aimed at to describe hearing threshold based on audiometry data of the mine workers based on their age, work station and years of working of an open cast chromite mine in Odisha, India.
New Delhi: Furious that despite its orders a temple in southeast Delhi failed to lower the decibel level of loudspeakers, the Delhi high court on Monday ordered seizure of the loudspeakers. Justice Vipin Sanghi ordered Delhi Police to immediately confiscate the loudspeakers blaring music after it realized that the temple …
Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined an illegal brickfield Tk 10 lakh in Palash upazila of Narsingdi for destroying the environment. In a separate drive, DoE fined three institutions Tk 5 lakh for noise pollution in the capital. The DoE team led by its Director Mohammad Munir Chowdhury fined Messars …
This study proposes a comprehensive noise abatement programme following the best practicable and economical option (BPEO) for implementation in metro city like Delhi for reducing annoyance and ill effects of traffic noise. It reviews potential applications of noise control barriers and vegetation for reducing road traffic noise and presents a …
This study proposes a comprehensive noise abatement programme following the best practicable and economical option (BPEO) for implementation in metro city like Delhi for reducing annoyance and ill effects of traffic noise. It reviews potential applications of noise control barriers and vegetation for reducing road traffic noise and presents a …
The Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined Tk 12 lakh to a factory in Gazipur and a developer in the city's Dhanmondi area for air and noise pollutions respectively. A DoE team headed by Director (enforcement) Munir Chowdhury fined Radiant Renewable Energy Limited Tk 10 lakh at Mirzapur in Gazipur …
The Ministry of Environment and Forests implements policies and programmes relating to conservation of the country's natural resources including lakes and rivers, biodiversity, forests and wildlife, ensuring the welfare of animals and prevention and abatement of pollution. The Annual Report to the People on Environment and Forests is trying to …
The AP High Court on Tuesday upheld the decision of the AP Pollution Control Board to close down 19 rice mills located at Karmanghat area of the city and the decision of the Appellate Authority in securing `1 lakh as performance guarantee on each of the rice mills for shifting …
Colombo is polluted with high pitched noise emanating mainly from horns of diverse motor vehicles. The City Traffic Division had deployed special squads to nab the motorists who toot musical horns in violation of the Motor Traffic Act, Assistant Superintendent of Police W. A. D. Dhananjaya told The Island yesterday. …
Environment ministry granted clearance even though mandatory public consultations were not held The National Green Tribunal has suspended the environment clearance granted to the sponge iron plant of Scania Steel and Power Ltd in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh. The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) had granted environment clearance …
National Green Tribunal Judgment dated 9/02/2012, on Sponge Iron Plant in District Raigarh, Chattisgarh, before 2004 i.e. prior to issuance of EIA Notification, 2006. The production capacity of the said existing unit was 66,000 TPA of Sponge Iron (2 x 100 TPD kilns). The rules which governed at the relevant …
Kolhapur city is a district place in the state of Maharashtra with population of 4,93,167. It is one of the emerging industrial and commercial city of Western Maharashtra. Problems of pollution along with noise pollution are increasing with time especially during the festival period. In the present study, continuous monitoring …
The Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined Square Hospital Ltd Tk 5 lakh for creating sound pollution at Panthapath in the city. In a drive, a team led by DoE Director (Enforcement) Mohammed Munir Chowdhury found a high-voltage generator producing noise at 65-75 decibels at the hospital around 10:50pm. The …
Noise levels in Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam are touching alarming levels with the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board ignoring the problem. While reports prepared by the Board itself say that residents of Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam are being exposed to high levels of sound, little has been done to tackle this. Authorities, …
Sri Lanka has decided to enact new legislation to control sound pollution for the first time, Environment Minister Anura Priyadarshana Yapa has announced Friday. According to the Minister, the new legislation will ban motorists using loud horns beyond 105 decibels and those exceeding the limit will be punished. The new …
Someone intentionally set off fireworks under a blackbird roost in Beebe, Arkansas on New Year's Eve, killing about 200 birds on the first anniversary of the similar death of 5,000 of the birds, authorities said on Monday. "Fireworks were found at the roost so we know it was intentional," said …
Someone intentionally set off fireworks under a blackbird roost in Beebe, Arkansas on New Year's Eve, killing about 200 birds on the first anniversary of the similar death of 5,000 of the birds, authorities said on Monday. "Fireworks were found at the roost so we know it was intentional," said …
New Delhi: The first day of the year was celebrated as “NoHonking Day” in thecapital— in the fourth year in a row. Given the tendency of Delhi drivers to honk incessantly on roads, volunteersof an NGOon Sundaydissuaded drivers from using horns on ITO crossing and Shanker Chowk,Gurgaon. The NGO, Earth …
In the wake of complaints of noise pollution caused by Metro trains, the DMRC has resorted to regular greasing of tracks on sharp curves and erecting noise barriers at some locations, the government said today. It, however, maintained that such disturbances were harmless for the residents living close to Metro …
London: Parents, give a second thought the next time you pamper your children by giving them noisy toys. A new study by the University of California says that the noise of some of the most popular Christmas toys can be as loud as a chainsaw and risk permanently damaging toddlers’ …
