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 …
Civic Body Observed 26 Localities In City Twice A Week Nearly all the areas in the city , including commercial and residential premises, suffer from noise pollution hazards because the levels are more than the permissible limits, the Pune Municipal Corporation's (PMC) environment status report for 2013-14 has stated. Increased …
It is getting bad to worse for Guwahatians! Billed as the gateway to the North East, Guwahati continues to reel under the ill-effects of noise pollution and drunken-driving, something which is yet to draw the attention of those at the helm of affairs. Needless to say that the State Government …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought the Centre's response on a plea alleging that noise created by aircraft at IGI Airport here is affecting the health of nearby residents. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar also issued notice to the Central Pollution Control Board and Delhi …
New Delhi: The Delhi high court on Tuesday referred to National Green Tribunal (NGT) a batch of petitions alleging that noise pollution generated by aircrafts at the IGI airport is affecting health of the residents of nearby areas. “Considering the provisions of the Environment Protection Act, the Environment Protection Rules …
PANAJI: The state government, under sub-rule (3) of the Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules, 2000, has permitted the use of loudspeakers or public address systems during the night between 10pm and 12am on certain days during the year 2013. The days are Carnival on February 12, Holi on March …
Vehicles with multi-tone horns and sirens are found to be violating noise pollution rules The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Union government to notify standards for sirens and multi-tone horns used by vehicles including those of Government, police or ambulance within three months. The directions were issued by …
In order to assess the impact of the bursting of fire crackers and other predominating noise generating activities on the occasion of Diwali festival in the Jaipur City, Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board has undertaken noise level monitoring at five commercial areas viz. Choti Chopad, Badi Chopad, Tonk Road, Ajmeri …
Almost all commonly available sound emitting firecrackers exceed the prescribed noise level limits set by the Supreme Court, shows this study by PESO of 846 sound emitting firecrackers from 144 manufacturers in Sivakasi. All commonly available sound emitting firecrackers exceed permissible decibel levels, shows the tests conducted by the Petroleum …
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.
CSE does noise level survey, finds many areas in Delhi crossing the norms. Centre for Science and Environment’s (CSE) Pollution Monitoring Lab tracks noise levels in Delhi and finds them to be very high in some places. Constant exposure to noise can have serious health implications, ranging from deafness to …
These rules may be called the Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) (Amendment) Rules, 2010. They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
The State Authorities on Tuesday came under fire from High Court for failing to enforce the Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules, 2000 effectively in Chinchinim village in Salcete. A Division Bench of Chief Justice Swatanter Kumar and Justice N A Britto pulled up the authorities while hearing a writ …
These rules may be called the Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) (Amendment) Rules, 2009. They shall come into force on the date of their final publication in the Official Gazette.
BHUBANESWAR: The campaigning for BMC elections has become shriller, literally. Unlike in the past, the use of public address systems and prerecorded speeches coupled with film songs
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 …
