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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Sound of silence heard no more, Chennai noisiest city at night
CHENNAI: Not long before, realtors would market residential complexes as quiet corners of comfort within the city. Eked out of farmlands or plots adjoining dry lakes — and sometimes the lake itself — the
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Bhajan mandalis cannot be stopped from playing in Mumbai locals, says Railway Minister Piyush Goyal
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said on Saturday that the bhajan mandalis, groups of music artistes who play devotional songs in Mumbai trains, would not be banned even if they did create noise pollution.
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Nema shuts four Nairobi clubs over noise pollution
The national environmental watchdog on Wednesday raided four clubs in Nairobi over noise pollution, serving them with notices of closure. The National Environmental Management Authority (Nema) inspectors
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Ahmedabad is called honk kong!
AHMEDABAD: If a big signboard is put up outside a hospital, school, or old age home that reads 'Silence Zone', Amdavadis will welcome it with a honk! Who says 'Horn is a safety device'? It's the language
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Police received 21,000 complaints of noise pollution in 2017, says data
Amid the debate raging over the use of loudspeakers and sound system in public, data collected by the police department shows more than 21,000 people had sought police help to check noise pollution in
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Amarnath Yatra to begin on June 28 this year: Guv
Governor N.N. Vohra, Chairman of the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB), presided over an emergent meeting of the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board today to, inter alia, particularly discuss the implementation
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AMC's new sensors to keep track of Ozone layer, oxygen concentration
Taking a small step towards creating a Smart City, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is all set to gain and give information on real-time noise pollution, the ozone layer, oxygen concentration and
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Residents’ no to loudspeakers, pressure horns
The blaring loudspeakers at religious places, usage of pressures horns in buses and high volume DJs are creating noise pollution in the holy city. Residents have appealed to the state government to take
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Uttar Pradesh govt restricts use of loudspeakers at religious, public places
The government has also directed action against the concerned authorities (government officials) who fail to ensure compliance. The Uttar Pradesh government has banned the unauthorised use of loudspeakers
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Question raised in Lok Sabha on Noise Pollution, 05/01/2018
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Noise Pollution, 05/01/2018. Ambient noise levels are monitored on real time basis by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in association with State Pollution Control