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 …
New Delhi: The Delhi high court on Thursday directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to work towards bringing decibel levels in and around Indira Gandhi International Airport down in accordance with international standards.
The Delhi High Court has directed the Central Pollution Control Board to fix noise level standards at Indira Gandhi International Airport by July 22. Justice Muralidhar was hearing a PIL filed by residents of Vasant Kunj and patients of a hospital who had complained of noise pollution near the airport. …
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the Directorate-General of Civil Aviation to bring noise levels in and around Indira Gandhi International Airport here in accordance with international standards.
After hearing a batch of petitions filed by local residents, patients and the hospitals authorities in south Delhi, seeking a direction to the Union government to take effective steps to reduce noise pollution, the high court on Thursday directed the DGCA to bring noise levels in and around Indira Gandhi …
MUMBAI: The state government will request the union government to allow relaxation of silence zone norms for 15 days in a year in every district. In an affidavit filed before the Bombay high court on Wednesday in the Shivaji Park silence zone case, the state government has said that it …
Mumbai: Though the state government appears greatly concerned about climate change and the rising noise pollution levels in the city, even going as far as to publicly criticise the proposal to build helipads atop residential buildings, the story is quite different when the politicians themselves are asked to mend their …
MUMBAI: A Bombay high court bench of justices FI Rebello and A A Sayed passed an interim order on Wednesday, directing that Shivaji Park and its periphery be declared a "silence zone", and banning the use of loudspeakers in the area from 10 pm to 6 am due to the …
JYOTI VERMA THE ASIAN AGE Many people who relate high pollution levels in the city with their stress levels must now see the irony of the situation. For it is they who are in fact contributing to building pollution levels (air, water and noise) and adding to the carbon levels …
Control measures including different landing procedures and land use management considered As the Delhi High Court provided a six-month relief to the Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) by lifting the ban on use of new runway (29-11) at night, the IGI Airport authorities have drawn up plans to reduce noise …
The Delhi high court on Wednesday asked the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to take "immediate measures" to control the noise pollu- tion level to lessen the suf- fering of the people living in the area near the runway. A division bench compris- ing acting Chief Justice Madan B. …
Noise levels have been monitored at selected locations of Delhi and Roorkee, viz. Rithala (Delhi), Panchsheel Enclave (Delhi), New Friends Colony (NH-2 Delhi) and Gurudwara (NH-73, Roorkee) along with observations of traffic volume, speeds and other geometrical parameters.
Jyoti basu, the cpi(m) stalwart who served as West Bengal chief minister for 23 years, never gave long speeches on environment. But his deeds spoke louder than words. Many of the steps he took to protect the environment served as the model. He was given a high ranking among chief …
People playing loud music at parties will have to be more careful now. Under pressure from civil society groups, the Union environment ministry, on January 11, notified the amendments to the Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules that are more stringent. For the first time, use of construction equipment has …
One Greg Furtado, owner of a restaurant in Candolim, has filed a revision petition seeking discharge in a case under Sections 7 and 8 of the Madhya Pradesh Control of Music and Noises Act (MP Act). Furtado
Mumbai Leera Andrade, 55, long-time resident of a society near Khar Telephone Exchange, was so disturbed by the noise from construction in her locality that she packed off to her sister
Moves Follows Complaints From People Around Delhi Airport About Noise Pollution From Planes Nirbhay Kumar NEW DELHI CARRIERS operating jets that are more than 15 years old will have to look for replacement soon, as the civil aviation ministry has decided to gradually phase out older aircraft to check noise …
The state environment department today issued a notification asking police to confiscate loudspeakers fitted on vehicles that are found guilty of noise pollution. The notification was issued by the principal secretary of the state environment department after it was brought to the notice of police that loudspeakers, used in vehicles …
Noise and water pollution must be checked After getting tough on air pollution, the government is now focusing on noise and water pollution. This must be welcomed. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has expressed its intention to install noise governors on instruments and equipment that multiply sound to reduce …
The West Bengal Pollution Control Board has finally realized, after carrying out an elaborate survey, that drivers in Calcutta love to put car horns to good use. Together with rickety, old vehicles spewing deadly fumes, endlessly honking traffic has been unbearably real for Calcuttans for far too long. The PCB …
