Amended noise action plan of Goa
Goa government has notified the ‘Amended Noise Action Plan’ to purportedly streamline the processes related to curbing noise pollution in the state, as specified before the High Court on April 30. The
Goa government has notified the ‘Amended Noise Action Plan’ to purportedly streamline the processes related to curbing noise pollution in the state, as specified before the High Court on April 30. The
District Collector Rajendra Ratnoo has stated that the people should make it a point to celebrate Deepavali free from noise pollution. He has suggested that the money to be spent on firecrackers could be set aside for helping the poor students to buy books and clothes. In a statement issued here, the Collector has observed that the firecrackers would cause both noise and atmospheric pollution. Bursting of firecrackers would generate sulphur-dioxide, nitrogen-dioxide and harmful suspended particles.
Jaipur: The vibrant colours and light produced by firecrackers are nothing but result of metal and chemical combustion. Once a rocket or sparkler is burnt, it produces dust of metals and chemicals that remain suspended for long time causing serious health aliments. City doctors claimed that people inhale air with partially combusted low volatile organic compounds which remain present in the air for many days. The Hazardous Chemical Act does not allow use of these metals as they are poisonous.
More than seven years after the biannual open air firecracker tests started, have they been reduced to empty theatrics with no impact? Even though a drop has been registered in the number of crackers found
The number of noisy firecrackers violating decibel limits has hit a two-year low, results of the joint firecracker tests conducted on Thursday show. Conducted by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board
Jaipur: A Central government study conducted earlier this year concluded that not a single firecracker available in the market was within the prescribed noise level limits set by the Supreme Court. A test of 846 firecrackers made by 144 manufacturers in Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu – the hub of firecracker production in the country – showed that the minimum noise level these firecrackers generated was 120 decibels (dB) against the Supreme Court-mandated 105dB for a string of crackers. The noise limit for a single cracker is 125dB. The maximum noise these tested firecrackers generated was 146.8dB.
Mumbai: The state pollution control board has banned four fire-crackers that have been found to have crossed the permissible sound level, with some recording 126.7dB. The state has also recommended action
Bursting of fire crackers create significant noise pollution during the Diwali Festival. MPCB for last few years is trying to create public awareness towards the high noise levels generated during the
Testing of fire crackers at Carter Road, Bandra - Mumbai Police. Maharashtra Pollution Control Board and Awaaz Foundation.
Air quality too, to be monitored at five spots, during Deepavali It’s a busy time of year for officials of Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB). A week head of Deepavali, they have begun measuring levels of noise and ambient air quality at five places in the city. Monitoring stations have been established in thickly-populated areas like Besant Nagar, T. Nagar, Sowcarpet, Nungambakkam and Triplicane to collect dust samples before, during and after the festival. According to an official, noise levels will be recorded for six hours every evening and pollution levels, every 24 hours from 6 a.m.
As a measure to check pollution during Diwali festival this year, Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board (MPCB) will conduct a survey at local markets to examine firecrackers for the level of pollution