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
Noise Pollution
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Noise limit at Shivaji Park in Mumbai may be raised to 100 decibel
The state government has assured all political parties that it will consider raising the permissible noise level at the Shivaji Park ground to 100 decibel.
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High-decibel celebrations giving heartache to locals
LUCKNOW: The district administration in the state capital has apparently failed to ensure implementation of a supreme court ruling related to control of noise pollution. Repeated attempts to contact the district magistrate, Lucknow for his comment on the arrangements in place to check the compliance with the apex court ruling, proved futile till late on Wednesday night.
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Noise: IAF planes on radar: Aviation Ministry, DGCA Tell Defence Ministry To Avoid Old Aircraft
New Delhi: In the first ever move of its kind in India to mitigate noise pollution around an airport, the aviation ministry and DGCA have asked the defence ministry to avoid flying their old and extremely noisy military aircraft in and out of Delhi airport. At the same time realising the security requirements, the aviation authorities have suggested a practical alternative also by suggestin
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Govt asked to file affidavit on noise pollution
PANJIM: The High Court of Bombay at Goa on Wednesday, directed the State government to file an affidavit in a Miscellaneous Civil Application filed by the Citizen
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Silence zone norm goes for a toss at Shiv Sena's rally
For the Shiv Sena, the Dussehra rally is more than just an annual congregation of the Sainiks. It is as much a show of strength for the party as it is of assertion of its continuing relevance in a state dominated by national parties.
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Govt board to monitor pollution during Pujas
Kolkata, 11 Oct: The noise level and other environment-related parameters would be monitored by the West Bengal Pollution Control Board during the Puja festival beginning this week. A number of teams will monitor noise pollution from microphones and crackers from 13 October till October 17 in and around Kolkata, WBPCB chairman, Prof.
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Noise in office can be deadly for your heart
London: Constant noise at workplace can significantly increase your risk of serious heart problems and also make you weigh and smoke more, says a new study published in the British Medical Journal. Researchers have found that working in a consistently noisy environment more than doubles the risk of serious heart problems
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Plea to divert four-lane highway
Jorhat, Oct. 6: The West Jorhat Town Development Committee has made an appeal for diversion of the proposed four-lane highway from the Mohbandha area to Lahdoigarh citing environmental degradation, growth impediment and largescale unemployment as reasons.
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Maharashtra government aims for noiseless Diwali in 2010
The ministry of environment has directed the multiple agencies engaged in the manufacture and marketing of crackers to take high-decibel items off the shelves, and instead promote crackers that light up.