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 …
Punjab Pollution Control Board appeals to people to celebrate eco-Diwali Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) officials have appealed to the people to not to burst crackers on Diwali which leads to a massive environment and noise pollution. With the board along with various NGOs and educational institutions spreading awareness in …
Driving fast on highways not only increases noise levels, but also doesn’t help you reach your destination really fast. A recent experiment by the expressway administration and highway traffic authorities showed that a speeding car (at over 100 kmph) going from Panvel to Pune will gain only eight to nine …
In a relief to students at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) campus, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) will complete installation of the 3m-high and 1,500m-long noise barriers from Powai lake to the end of the institute’s boundary wall by May-end. “The barriers will block the outside noise …
MUMBAI: Professors and students at the IIT, Powai, will soon be able to have classes without traffic noise, thanks to a 1,500-metre noise barrier. Estimated to cost Rs 3.5 crore, the structures will be ready by the month-end. MMRDA joint project director, Dilip Kawathkar, said, "The IIT campus will be …
The Nainital district administration and Corbett National Park authorities have started work to raise awareness among owners of resorts around Corbett regarding the recent Government order banning sound amplification in resorts within 500 metres of the national park. It is worth mentioning here that following a directive of the Uttarakhand …
Dehradun Senior Superintendent of Police Neeru Garg convened a meeting with the representatives of Wedding Points’ Association to discuss measures to control noise pollution in Dehradun on Monday. She said that the police will take all possible steps to control noise pollution in the district. No one will be allowed …
Dehradun: Acting on the directive of the Uttarakhand high court, the state government on Wednesday imposed a blanket ban on noise pollution in a radius of 500 metres around the Corbett National Park and declared it a “complete silence zone”. A two-judge bench of the high court gave the directive …
DEHRADUN: Acting on the directive of the Uttarakhand high court, the state government on Wednesday imposed a blanket ban on noise pollution in a radius of 500 metres around the Corbett National Park and declared it a "complete silence zone". A two-judge bench of the high court gave the directive …
New Delhi: Furious that despite its orders a temple in southeast Delhi failed to lower the decibel level of loudspeakers, the Delhi high court on Monday ordered seizure of the loudspeakers. Justice Vipin Sanghi ordered Delhi Police to immediately confiscate the loudspeakers blaring music after it realized that the temple …
This study proposes a comprehensive noise abatement programme following the best practicable and economical option (BPEO) for implementation in metro city like Delhi for reducing annoyance and ill effects of traffic noise. It reviews potential applications of noise control barriers and vegetation for reducing road traffic noise and presents a …
This study proposes a comprehensive noise abatement programme following the best practicable and economical option (BPEO) for implementation in metro city like Delhi for reducing annoyance and ill effects of traffic noise. It reviews potential applications of noise control barriers and vegetation for reducing road traffic noise and presents a …
New Delhi: The first day of the year was celebrated as “NoHonking Day” in thecapital— in the fourth year in a row. Given the tendency of Delhi drivers to honk incessantly on roads, volunteersof an NGOon Sundaydissuaded drivers from using horns on ITO crossing and Shanker Chowk,Gurgaon. The NGO, Earth …
The Chandigarh Police on Wednesday asked various DJs and music houses operating from the city to adhere to the prescribed noise limit during marriage functions and parties. Addressing a meeting with over 100 representatives of DJ Houses, DSP (Communication & PCR) Roshan Lal briefed them about the prescribed sound levels …
The Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules are usually relaxed during festivals, but only for the deadline and not the decibel levels. Despite being prohibited from bursting crackers and playing loud music within 100-m radius of silence zones, which include courts, hospitals and educational institutes, citizens continue to violate the …
The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has decided to “defuse” noisy firecrackers this year. The board has prepared a list of noisy firecrackers and has sought help from the explosives department, which works under the Union ministry of chemicals and fertilisers, and the police to curb noise pollution during Diwali. …
The state government came up with noise rules based on the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) recommendations in 1989. The Bombay High Court had disposed of the first Public Interest Litigation on noise pollution in 1994. But the petitioners felt that the court had not taken cognisance of the report made …
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will soon conduct a noise mapping analysis of the city to identify noise pollution at various locations and instal sound barriers. This decision comes after a high-level delegation, including Municipal Commissioner Subodh Kumar, Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) Commissioner Rahul Asthana, Principal Secretary T …
MUMBAI: The state government is expected to change its norms on permissible sound levels on roads and flyovers before going in for sound barriers and might do it through a GR. This will enable it to go ahead with its Rs 55-crore plan to erect sound barriers on all the …
Ask Priyabrata Kanjilal, a grocery store owner in one of the bylanes of south Kolkata, for a Vim washing bar. Chances are he will produce an egg (dim in Bengali), for he cannot distinguish between the two words. Twenty years at the store has taken a toll on his hearing …
Constant exposure to noise can make one deaf. The major culprit is road traffic. Can one avoid noise? It’s difficult. Checking it, however, is not impossible. As the Central Pollution Control Board regulations remain unimplemented, the authority has initiated a nationwide real time noise monitoring, hoping for an improvement.
