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 …
- Siliguri organisers told to give undertakings, pandal scramble for Mamata & men Noise-less festivity? Nineteen Durga Puja organisers in Siliguri will have to give individual undertakings while taking permission to hold this year
ornithology Birds love noise The house finch and the black-chinned hummingbird are unaffected by noise pollution. In fact, they prefer to nest in noisier areas because it increases their chances of survival. A team isolated the effects of noise pollution on bird communities. For this they chose regions with natural …
Even as the State Government dithers over implementing a night ban on movement of vehicles on the national highways passing through Bandipur forests, a traffic research firm in Bangalore has sought a complete ban on vehicular movement in the forests if any meaningful progress is to be made for wildlife …
BHUBANESWAR: Cruising along in a boat at a nice speed on the tranquil waters of Chilika! Well, the annoying sound of the boat engine almost kills half the pleasure. But this, in the coming times, will be a thing of the past. Chilika Development Authority (CDA) has come up with …
Devotees of Sai Baba will have to wait some more to fly to Shirdi in Maharashtra as the proposed airport is yet to pass the green test by the Union Environment Ministry, which has sough details of steps the developer intends to take to address concerns such as air and …
In a unique experiment, British scientists on Tuesday turned pedestrians, cyclists and vehicles into mobile wireless sensors to measure air and noise pollution. The sensors will measure up to five traffic pollutants simultaneously including nitrogen oxides and sulphur dioxides. Researchers have equipped the sensors with ultraviolet absorption spectroscopy technology, which …
The nights are no more calm and quite in the state capital. Even in residential areas, nights are louder, what to say of commercial areas. These startling facts have come to the fore during a survey conducted by Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (IITR). According to IITR officials, the permissible …
The Asian Development Bank today called on its Asian government borrowers to design mass transport systems in a way that would slow the rapid growth of their greenhouse gas emissions. While developed countries still account for the largest share, transport sector emissions from developing countries, particularly in Asia, were growing …
Sound generators will make electric and hybrid cars safer When cars run on electric power they not only save fuel and cut emissions but also run more quietly. Ordinarily, people might welcome quieter cars on the roads. However, as the use of hybrid and electric vehicles grows, a new concern …
MUMBAI: Anita Prabhu, a 27-year-old computer professional working in Belapur, and her friends had an embarrassing moment at MTDC's Ganpatipule beach resort when they were about to leave the place last weekend. They were fined for leaving plastic bags and beverage cans around the `Konkani huts' they had hired for …
With a vision to create awareness of noise and air pollution and campaign against traffic snarls in the Dhaka city, a cycle race will be held in the capital city on May Day. The Source, an event management firm, with the title sponsorship of the Building for Future Ltd, will …
Anti-mining stir leads to a row, death and persecution ON THE morning of March 19, people of Kalane village in Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra were roused by the sound of heavy machinery. Workers hired by mining company Minerals and Metals were building a road at 4 am leading up to …
The inhabitants of the capital city Dhaka are living with high risk of being suffering from more than 30 major diseases including blood pressure, heart attack, stroke, insomnia, hearing disability and trouble in concentration, as the level of noise pollution in the city has raised up to 106 decibel, where …
The inhabitants of the capital city Dhaka are living with high risk of being suffering from more than 30 major diseases including blood pressure, heart attack, stroke, insomnia, hearing disability and trouble in concentration, as the level of noise pollution in the city has raised up to 106 decibel, where …
To enforce discipline and reduce congestion on roads, the traffic police have initiated steps to ban autorickshaws, registered outside Ranchi, from plying within the municipal area.
Proceeding of the public hearing of M/S Vedanta Aluminium limited for its expansion of alumina refinery from 1.0 mtpa to 6 .0 mtpa on 25.04.2009 at 10 a.m. at: village Belemba (opposite val switch yard), Lanjigarh, district Kalahandi.
Punjab government is pursuing a policy of sustainable development in the province through conservation, rehabilitation and improvement of environment. According to official sources here as industrial expansion and rapid increase in volume of vehicular traffic is cause of increase in levels of air and noise pollution, government is carrying out …
