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 …
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 …
MOST firecrackers in Mumbai violate noise pollution rules. In a recent test the noise levels of 24 firecracker brands were found between 89 and 134 decibel. Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules, 2000, specify that noise levels in residential areas should not exceed 55 decibel and the Central Pollution Control …
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 …
The recognition of noise as an environmental problem and its impact both on community and occupational environment is rapidly growing. The present survey is aimed to report about the existing noise environment in Roorkee. A cross section survey of population in Roorkee points out that main sources of noise pollutions …
RITH BASU Only the dog seems to be paying attention to the words written on Chittaranjan Avenue. Constant honking by drivers on the stretch disturbs patients in Medical College and Hospital and students in educational institutions in the area. An orchestra of air horns, loudspeakers blaring at street-corners, the growl …
THE penalty for excessive honking is set to be increased to Rs 2,000 for every offence. According to an affidavit filed by the State government before the Bombay High Court in response to a PIL filed by city-based NGO Awaaz Foundation on the issue of noise pollution, the State Transport …
At a conference in France's noisy capital, European acoustical scientists admitted that they and most policymakers are not close to meeting an 18 July deadline to develop action plans to shush the European Union's (E.U's) largest cities. The action plan deadline stems from a 2002 E.U. antinoise directive.
The city's cellphone services could get a jolt if the Delhi Pollution Control Committee's latest move to curb noise and air pollution is taken to its logical end. Waking up to the hazards of cellphone towers in residential areas, the committee has sent out notices to the seven cellphone service …
By Floriano Lobo The Goa Environment Action Group, a NGO which has been spear-heading the fight to control loud music noise pollution in the state for the past 10 years and more welcomes the news reports that Bosco George, SP North, has taken note of this menace seriously which is …
They had rehearsed the piece only once, but already the musicians at the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra felt their ears ringing and heads throbbing. Tests showed that the average noise level in the orchestra during the piece, State of Siege, by the composer Dror Feiler, was 97.4 decibels, a violation …
In case of violation of noise pollution rule, a representation can be made to the authorities including the Commissioner of Police, writes C.H.Gopinatha Rao The High Court of Madras , while disposing of a Public interest Litigation petition (J.Mohana vs Commissioner of Police and others, Chennai 2006 (4) MLJ 525) …
The North District Administration has flagged down cruise boat operations along River Mandovi for alleged noise pollution and has curtailed use of sound permits to a weekly basis. Additional Collector Swapnil Naik disclosed that a monitoring station is being set up near Miramar where sound decibels would be checked and …
The North District Administration has flagged down cruise boat operations along River Mandovi for alleged noise pollution and has curtailed use of sound permits to a weekly basis. Additional Collector Swapnil Naik disclosed that a monitoring station is being set up near Miramar where sound decibels would be checked and …
No respite for the Capital's residents any time of the day: Pollution Control Board Delhiites living in areas that fall under the flight path are exposed to high levels of ambient noise that is well past the limits considered safe for humans, states a Central Pollution Control Board report. A …
In an effort to reduce battlefield contamination and health risks for the armed forces, the British arms manufacturer BAE Systems, the world's fourth largest defence contractor, is now working on lead-free bullets and a range of environmentally friendly armaments. According to a company spokesperson, the initiative is in response to …
