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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Get ready for pollution spike, Kolkata may get as bad as Delhi
KOLKATA: If Delhi is the worst polluted city in India on Diwali night, Kolkata is not far behind. The pollution level in Kolkata, which remains within the limit most of the time of the year, spikes during
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Pink City turns deaf ear to noise pollution
The occasion as a license to explode ear jarring crackers thus contributing to the noise pollution The noise pollution in the city has reached to such an alarming proportion that even so called silent
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Diwali 2017: Noise limit of 90 decibel to continue in Bengal, activist to file plea in SC for NCR-style ban
West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) appeals to public to avoid bursting firecrackers on Diwali. Chairman of West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB), Dr Kalyan Rudra referred to the Supreme
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No high-decibel firecrackers allowed in Madhya Pradesh this Diwali
Apart from the sale, the government has also prohibited use of all noise-emitting crackers from 10 pm to 6 am. Even as Madhya Pradesh home minister Bhupendra Singh has invited Delhiites to celebrate
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All crackers within permissible decibels: MPCB test
Nagpur: All the firecrackers which will be sold in the city this Diwali are within the permissible sound limit, while Atom Bomb was found to be the noisiest. This was revealed in a pre-Diwali test of firecrackers
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No bursting of firecrackers after 10 pm on Diwali
The Punjab Pollution Control Board has issued directions to all districts to observe a clean Diwali. Deputy Commissioners have been requested to convene a meeting with all school principals and heads
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For many at Jantar Mantar, home is where the protest is
Protesters find it difficult to come to grips with NGT’s order asking them to relocate to Ramlila Maidan “I have been protesting against the ingrained corruption in the government departments. I have
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Chhattisgarh Govt. bans use of firecrackers with high decibels on Diwali
With an aim to reduce pollution levels around Diwali, the Chhattisgarh Government has imposed a ban on the use of firecrackers with high decibels during the festival. A restriction has been imposed
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SC flip-flops on firecracker ban as no credible study done on its environmental impact
NEW DELHI: The petition seeking ban on firecrackers in NCR has been pending in the Supreme Court since 2015 but the court's approach had been inconsistent on the issue. The first order to ban its sale
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Study on the establishment of a diversified National Ambient Noise Monitoring Network in seven major cities of India
<p>We describe the diversified National Ambient Noise Monitoring Network (NANMN) set up across 7 major cities of India and covering 70 stations for continuous noise monitoring throughout the year. The