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 …
An increasing number of people are exposed to aircraft and road traffic noise. Hypertension is an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease, and even a small contribution in risk from environmental factors may have a major impact on public health. The HYENA (Hypertension and Exposure to Noise near Airports) study …
Campaigners against airport expansion have some new evidence to support their case. A study of 140 people living near four European airports concludes that loud night-time noise raises blood pressure, even when people are asleep.
Sources of noise pollution are what inspires Glasgow (Scotland) based artist Marianne Greated. She has worked on a number of paintings which spreads awareness on noise pollution. Marianne, graduated from Galsgow School of Art, and now works as Visual Arts Officer with Scottish Arts Council. Her acquaintance with scientists working …
Panel of justices headed by the Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva today allowed the mosques to use loudspeakers for prayers for three minutes. The Supreme Court made this order when it looked into a case related to the restriction of loudspeakers from 10.p.m to 6.a.am. The Supreme Court banned using …
Kerala Sustainable Urban Development Project (KSUDP) has been launched in Kerala with the assistance of Asian Development Bank (ADB) covering 5 major cities in Kerala namely Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Kochi, Kozhikode & Thrissur. The 5 cities have been grouped into two packages, namely Package-1 comprising Thiruvananthapuram & Kollam and Package-2 comprising …
Urban forests are a vital component of the urban ecosystems and are gaining importance as the quality of this ecosystem is deteriorating. The main problem with urban greening today, is that very little information is available to planners and legislators regarding the costs and benefits of urban trees. This factors …
In this piece of work, an attempt has been made to study the noise level of equipment induced sound at some granite quarries in Ganjam dist. and then to study noise induced deafness (NID) among the persons working there as laborers.
