Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect and poor maintenance appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 25.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect …
Nagpur: With 'no honking' signboards often not in place, the norms on enforcing silence zones near hospitals, schools and other sites are hardly being implemented in Nagpur. Even as the traffic department expresses helplessness on the issue, the incessant blaring of horns is causing serious problems at hospitals and schools. …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Excellent India Pvt. Ltd. & Others Vs. Sub Division Magistrate, Chankyapur & Others dated 15/06/2016 regarding sealing of a diesel generating set on the orders of the Sub-Divisional Magistrate on the ground that it has contravened the provision of the …
A day after people celebrated Shiv Jayanti with loud sound systems during procession, Kolhapur police took strict action against those responsible for violating prescribed noise level norms and have registered cases against 60 persons including city deputy mayor Digambar Farakte on Monday. Police have also booked the owners of the …
Vadodara: Those planning late night revelry during this marriage season may be in for a surprise. The city police have launched a major drive to rein in music system suppliers and DJs who play music beyond the 10pm deadline. City police on Saturday booked 17 DJ music system operators and …
Why is night curfew not implemented for flights to and from airports across the country, the National Green Tribunal asked today as it directed aviation regulator DGCA to provide data on flights landing at the IGI Airport here at night. Taking the government to task over lack of norms on …
Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has set up Real Time National Ambient Noise Monitoring Network in the year 2011 covering nine cities (Delhi, Lucknow, Chennai, Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Thane, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Bangalore). Under section 2 (a) of Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 noise is defined as …
The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday expressed its displeasure over government's failure to fix environmental norms on noise pollution in residential areas near airports across the country. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar directed Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF), Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and …
Noise levels in Mumbai are reducing every year due to increasing public awareness about noise pollution and peak noise levels. Hopefully, 2016 will see a dramatic fall. Committed citizens like 9 to 12-year-old children from the BDD chawls who measured noise during festivals in 2015, gynaecologist Dr Mahesh Bedekar, who …
The Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology (KSCST) has carried out an exercise to monitor noise pollution in Mysuru. Mahesh Kashyap, who worked with KSCST as an environmental consultant, told The Hindu that the exercise was carried out at 16 locations across Mysuru over a period of 40-45 days …
BHOPAL : “Can you file an affidavit that DJ operators have not violated the instructions of NGT in the last six months”, the Central Zone Bench of National Green Tribunal asked of the counsel for Bhopal DJs’ Welfare Society here on Tuesday. The Bench had banned the use of DJ …
Mumbai: One could have easily mistaken Courtroom 13 of the Bombay high court for a police conference on Tuesday. There was khaki everywhere as some 85 ACPs from across the state had assembled in the courtroom. The assistant commissioners of police had been summoned by the court to explain why …
Nagpur: Hearing a suo motu public interest litigation (PIL) on noise pollution, the Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court on Thursday issued notices to state urban development department secretary, district collector, commissioner of police, Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) commissioner, Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) chairman and Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) …
Conformity to ambient air quality standards in respect of noise from bursting of firecrackers could not be determined in Erode district during Deepavali as there was no testing carried out by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board. According to official sources, the noise level was not monitored in the district. …
The Central government is not in favour of complete ban on the use of firecrackers in Delhi during festival season saying there are several other factors responsible for pollution in the national capital. Filing an affidavit before the Supreme Court in response to a joint plea filed by three city-based …
PANJIM: The Union Ministry for Environment and Forests (MoEF) has directed the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) to monitor and regulate noise pollution levels in the State during the Diwali festival and submit a compliance report. Diwali this year falls on November 11. In a letter to GSPCB, MoEF …
NAGPUR: Though the statutory bodies have standing guidelines regarding protection of environment while carrying out construction activities, the same are not being implemented at most of the construction sites in the city. Builders hardly take steps to keep the noise and air pollution under check in accordance with the environment …
OBSERVING that all religious festivals should be celebrated in a “meaningful manner” so that no inconvenience is caused to any residents, the Bombay High Court Monday further said that no religion gives permission to celebrate festivals by committing breach of law or causing nuisance. The court has now directed the …
Nagpur: The draft policy of Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) prohibits bursting firecrackers series (ladi) emitting noise above 10 to 15 decibel during marriage processions and private celebrations. MPCB has framed the draft policy, under which violators will face action under Noise Pollution (regulation and control) Rules, 2000, on the …
PUNE: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) bench here has ordered the state government to issue a notification fixing norms for declaration of silence zones in cities and municipal towns. The bench also directed municipal corporations and councils, including Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), to strictly implement the Bombay high court's directions …
When Arpita Khan Sharma's neighbours complained of noise pollution, the Khar police promptly booked her under the Bombay Police Act, 1951, and fined her Rs 12,500. Anti-noise pollution campaigners have pointed out that the reluctance of the police to charge polluters under the more stringent Noise Rules, 2000, is a …
