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 …
Hyderabad: In a unique initiative, the Hyderabad Traffic Police is sending out text messages asking motorists not to sound the horn unnecessarily. About 20 lakh motorists received a text message on Tuesday from the traffic police reading: “Noise pollution is injurious to health and unnecessary honking is punishable under Rule …
Says how will you solve murders if you can’t nab errant bikers Rapping the Chandigarh Police for their failure to nab bikers riding away from the law on two-wheelers with modified silencers, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday minced no words to say the case reflected complete ineptitude. …
PATNA: The Bihar State Pollution Control Board (BSPCB) will soon install permanent sound level meters in nine cities across the state to monitor noise pollution. Patna already has five such meters at various locations. A sound level meter is an instrument used to assess noise or sound levels by measuring …
TURA: The Lower Hawakhana Development Committee in Tura has submitted a complaint to the West Garo Hills Deputy Commissioner alleging noise pollution being created by certain residents and religious institutions from surrounding areas. According to the committee, on May 11, Krishna Saha, a resident of Nobinpally, Tura had on the …
HYDERABAD: With decibel levels in the city increasing rapidly, sensitive zones are falling prey to noise pollution. Statistics with Pollution Control Board show that sound produced in some commercial and sensitive zones are higher than permissible levels. Noise monitoring systems in Hyderabad are located at commercial zones of Abids and …
Residents of Dahisar Link Road are demanding action against noise pollution caused by illegal use of loudspeakers by places of worship inside Ganpat Patil Nagar, a huge slum pocket built on mangrove land. After several citizens filed complaints and discussed the issue during the Local Area Citizens' Committee (LACC) meetings, …
Following the announcement on a ban on drumming and noise making in Accra between May 14 and June 14, 2018, the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has drawn some guidelines to ensure peace and security within the city. In a statement signed by the Head of Public Affairs of the AMA, …
Patna: The Bihar State Pollution Control Board has written a letter to the district administrations for restricting the use of firecrackers and disc jockeys during weddings to curb pollution. The letter issued to the district magistrates, senior superintendents of police, and superintendents of police says air pollution "increases tremendously with …
NEW DELHI: Ahead of the wedding season, illegal banquet halls and wedding farm houses in Ghaziabad have come under the scanner of the National Green Tribunal which has sought an action taken report from the authorities against them. A bench headed by acting Chairperson Justice Jawad Rahim directed the Ghaziabad …
The government will urge enforcement agencies to crackdown on vehicles using spurious, sometimes illegal parts such as modified exhausts in motorcycles and pressure horns, which cause nuisance on the roads by producing a deafening sound and are a contributor to noise pollution. The transport ministry has asked the association of …
The exercise to map the noise levels across the 27 cities of Maharashtra which includes Mumbai is not only complete but will also provide the details of the actual noise levels felt on the streets by the common man. The long withstanding report will be submitted to the Maharashtra Pollution …
For lowering the din of celebrations, the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) on Monday made it mandatory for the marriage palaces to limit the music volume to the precincts of its palaces. Taking into consideration the matter relating to the noise generated by the playing of DJ system and other …
Pimpri Chinchwad: The civic body has invited social groups to contribute to this year’s environment status report to be submitted on July 31 by giving suggestions. The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC)’s environment department chief, Sanjay Kulkarni, said, “The municipal corporation has started preparing the report as per the guidelines …
Dehradun: Beyond Haridwar, the work to take the 900-km charcoal road deep into the Himalayas till the four holiest shrines is going on at a hysterical pace. Amid a cloud of dust, hundreds of diesel fumes emitting JCB machines and thousands of labourers are working day and night to complete …
Thiruvananthapuram: The state government has plans to demarcate selected stretches of roads in the state as ‘no-horn regions’. Sharing the plan, transport minister A K Saseendran said here on Thursday that the pilot project will be tested in the city. “Initially a selected road here will be declared as no-horn …
MUMBAI: Several ENT specialists from the BMC-run hospitals took to the streets on Wednesday to spread awareness about the health hazards of unnecessary honking. Honking remains one of the key causes behind the city’s raging noise pollution levels. The health professionals counselled taxi drivers outside KEM Hospital in Parel —one …
The average Malayali is well aware of various forms of pollution and the health hazards stemming from them. But it seems many are clueless when it comes to noise pollution. The Indian Medical Association (IMA), in association with the National Initiative for Safe Sound (NISS), is launching an intensive campaign …
Noisy wedding celebrations, high-pitched religious fervour and other ear-splitting nocturnal festivities have become a nightmare for peace-loving citizens of Punjab. Finally, the state's lawmakers and authorities seem to be waking up to the pervasive civic nuisance. A recent study by the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) to measure the noise …
The state Urban Development Department has issued a new notification listing 110 locations in the city. As per the latest list, there are merely 25 locations in South Mumbai where there will be restrictions on using loudspeakers and carrying out processions. The SoBo areas being considered fall between A ward …
The city council has for five months been dawdling with the task of declaring silence zones in the city, even after getting the state urban development department's nod for notifying 110 such zones across Mumbai. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) had last year submitted its list of 110 fresh silence …
