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 …
A week before a No-Honking Day is observed in the Capital on January 1, it seems more horns indeed need to be blown to spread awareness about the campaign. Even though the NGO behind the initiative, The Earth Saviours Foundation (TESF), has started legwork by sensitizing taxi drivers, taking roadshows …
CITY ON THE MOVE Some of the nosiest streets of the city have alarmed ear experts. A recent study by L D College of Engineering of 13 roads suggests that noise levels have exceeded well past the acceptable limits and prolonged exposure to such noise levels can lead to what …
AHMEDABAD: Silence Zone'. If this was a big signboard put up at hospitals, schools, old age homes etc in Ahmedabad, the Amdavadi would welcome it with a honk! You see them in a tearing hurry everywhere. And class does not matter here. This frenetic frenzy is common to people regardless …
By Hemant Abhishek, New Delhi Delhi traffic police has decided to observe January 1 as "No Honking Day" in the capital. If everything goes as planned, the city could be a witness to a noise-free day on the roads infamous for sound levels exceeding way beyond the "safe" 60 decibel …
SMALL ENGINES MAKE BIG NOISE The city has been breathing a lot easier ever since a majority of auto-rickshaws plying the road changed to CNG a couple of years ago. But a recent BMC study shows that there has been little respite from noise pollution caused by three-wheeler cargo carriers …
Chandigarh Administration has taken firm steps to control the projected deterioration in the environment of the city by initiating various environment friendly projects like establishment of Botanic Garden, green belts, parks and water-bodies. Administration has imposed a complete ban on the manufacture and use of polythene carry bags in order …
BHUBANESWAR: The campaigning for BMC elections has become shriller, literally. Unlike in the past, the use of public address systems and prerecorded speeches coupled with film songs
A Colorado judge has come up with a novel punishment for noise polluters - they are forced to listen to Barry Manilow. Judge Paul Sacco says his unorthodox punishment of forcing noise ordinance violators to sit in a room and listen to music they don
Level of sound pollution (also termed as noise pollution) in Dhaka city is now a major concern for the general people because it has already exceeded the tolerance level. Because of this sound or noise pollution millions of people in the country are exposed to a number of health risks …
KOCHI: A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Monday admitted a public interest writ petition filed by Dr Abraham Paul and three other officebearers of the Kochi branch of the Indian Medical Association, praying to direct the authorities to prevent noise pollution by declaring areas falling within 100 …
Not everything was bright during the festival of lights last week. Both Ranchi and Jamshedpur earned the dubious distinction of recording the highest noise and air pollution levels in recent years. The Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board, which carried out twin surveys on the decibel level and the ambient air …
Level of sound pollution (also termed as noise pollution) in Dhaka city is now a major concern for the general people because it has already exceeded the tolerance level. Because of the sound pollution millions of people in Bangladesh are exposed to a number of health risks- from deafness to …
Lucknow: Environmentalists are going to love it. UP Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) surveys have indicated that compared to last year, air and noise pollution levels in the state capital this Diwali plummeted drastically by 40 and 10 percent respectively. In figures, the average noise levels stood close to 90 decibels …
NEW DELHI: The motivation could have been global recession, strict enforcement of the law or even plain concern for the environment, but in the end Delhi made an effort to remain
Diwali this year was indeed quieter and cleaner. Whether it was because of unusually expensive firecrackers, fears of recession playing festive spoiler or the spread of environmental awareness, the city seems to have burst less crackers this Diwali compared to the last. Air and noise pollution levels on Tuesday dropped …
Pune, October 26 Automotive Research Association of India starting a new PG course The Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) is planning to contribute to cutting noise pollution by vehicles. ARAI is starting a postgraduate course in Sound and Vibration Studies at its Pune campus, in collaboration with the Institute …
Bangalore, DHNS: The High Court has directed the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) to initiate action against a Maharashtra-based agro company which is establishing a distillery unit at a village in Bagalkot. Yellappa and five others had filed a public interest litigation against the construction of a distillery unit …
The fancy firecrackers displayed at one of the sales outlets of Devi Fireworks at Poozhikkunnu. ATHUL LAL A.G.:The countdown has begun for Deepavali, the festival of lights, and master crackermen in the city are all set to make the most of this year
Water is the most vital element among the natural resources, and is crucial for the survival of all living organisms. The environment, economic growth and development of Bangladesh are all highly influenced by water - its regional and seasonal availability, and the quality of surface and groundwater. Spatial and seasonal …
