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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Requirement and procedure for monitoring ambient noise level due to aircrafts
The objective of this document is to specify suitable requirements and procedures for carrying out monitoring of ambient noise levels around airports due to aircrafts. A proper database is essential for planning and executing suitable noise control programme for airports in the country.
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Plea over elevated Metro dismissed
The Delhi high court has dismissed a petition seeking to scrap the metro's elevated corridor project in south Delhi on the ground that it would cause noise pollution in residential areas. A bench headed by Justice T.S. Thakur, however, directed the Centre and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation to make all possible efforts to reduce the level of noise pollution which will be caused by the Metro rail running on the elevated corridor.
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Pollution mars Dehra Dun's beauty
Unplanned urbanisation, environmental degradation and lack of interest shown by the government to prevent its traditional sanctity are deteriorating the natural beauty of Dehra Dun. Ever since Uttarakhand came into existence on November 9, 2000, and Dehra Dun became the capital, all sorts of activities in the city have increased manifolds, which mainly have aggravated the pollution problems.
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The ban on bands
By Floriano Lobo The Goa Environment Action Group, a NGO which has been spear-heading the fight to control loud music noise pollution in the state for the past 10 years and more welcomes the news reports that Bosco George, SP North, has taken note of this menace seriously which is disrupting the
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The conductor's bane
They had rehearsed the piece only once, but already the musicians at the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra felt their ears ringing and heads throbbing. Tests showed that the average noise level in
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Inching towards a noise safe' world
Noise is probably the most frequently forgotten of the environmental pollutants whose effects can be far-reaching. Noise harms us in more ways than we can think of and at times without us even knowing about it. We cannot have a noise free world but we sure can have a noise safe world. There are various sources of noise pollution. In some places noise from construction projects predominate, while in others it is vehicular traffic or noise from airports. Other sources include the noise in occupational settings or even the noise of simultaneous conversations.
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Cheering fans make them cheerless
"Play your matches, but please do not pollute the city's air and definitely do not disturb the patients across the road at Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan Hospital by bursting crackers,' is the request that Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has made to the Delhi and Districts Cricket Association (DDCA). Her appeal came after the Indian Premier League matches held at Ferozshah Kotla Stadium here on April 19 and 30 which saw large-scale bursting of crackers increased noise pollution and traffic jams.
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Sound pollution irks Sivasagar citizens
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PSU pulled up for sound pollution off Writers'
Interference in a state government undertaking by the state environment department is not a frequent occurrence. But Mackintosh Burn has been pulled up for creating severe sound pollution at the construction site of the underground car parking plaza, bang opposite the Writers' Buildings. The car park project has been undertaken by the state public works department (PWD) who appointed Macintosh Burn for the construction work.