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 Control
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CSE surveys noise pollution in Delhi
CSE does noise level survey, finds many areas in Delhi crossing the norms. Centre for Science and Environment’s (CSE) Pollution Monitoring Lab tracks noise levels in Delhi and finds them to be very high
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Ganeshotsav 2011: Kolhapur mandals set ‘noise-free’ example
In a bid to curb sound pollution, most of the mandals in Kolhapur city preferred playing traditional instruments this year, in place of high decibel sound systems, during the immersion of Ganesh idols
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Sound barriers for new flyovers in Mumbai
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has decided to construct noise barriers on all new flyovers throughout the city. However, experts have questioned the method in which the authority
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MMRDA allots 1,000 cr for road-widening, flyovers
MUMBAI: The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) will allot Rs 1,113 crore for road-widening and flyovers. The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by chief minister Prithviraj Chavan
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Report on monitoring of ambient noise pollution during Diwali festival, 2011
Noise pollution due to fire crackers during Diwali festival has been identifies as one of the major noise pollution problems in the country. It is therefore necessary to conduct noise level monitoring
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Vehicle noise pollution to be curbed
New regulations have been drafted to be introduced to the National Environment Act to control noise pollution caused by the tooting of vehicle horns, Central Environmental Authority chairman Charitha Herath
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Noise levels in and around airport fixed by regulator
<p> Following Delhi High Court’s intervention, the air safety regulator has prescribed maximum permissible noise levels in the vicinity of the Indira Gandhi International Airport. It has also put
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Noise control: Make the right design choices
<p> Infrastructure and construction design and engineering environmental issues environmental pollution</p> <p> As the debate on aircraft noise affecting people staying close to airports gathers momentum
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HC notice over use of loudspeakers at Jantar Mantar
Thanks to the intervention of the Delhi High Court following a plea filed by residents against unrelenting noise at Jantar Mantar, the hustle bustle at the Capital
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MMRDA to install noise barriers outside IIT
After acquiring land from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay for the road-widening project for the Jogeshwari-Vikhroli Link Road (JVLR), the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has decided to install noise barriers along the IIT compound at Powai. MMRDA officials said after the land acquisition and road widening the distance between the residential buildings an