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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Lower noise level around IGI: HC
New Delhi: The Delhi high court on Thursday directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to work towards bringing decibel levels in and around Indira Gandhi International Airport down in accordance with international standards.
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Fix noise level near airport by July 22: HC
The Delhi High Court has directed the Central Pollution Control Board to fix noise level standards at Indira Gandhi International Airport by July 22. Justice Muralidhar was hearing a PIL filed by residents of Vasant Kunj and patients of a hospital who had complained of noise pollution near the airport.
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Lower noise at Delhi airport
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the Directorate-General of Civil Aviation to bring noise levels in and around Indira Gandhi International Airport here in accordance with international standards.
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DGCA: IGI noise to be reduced
After hearing a batch of petitions filed by local residents, patients and the hospitals authorities in south Delhi, seeking a direction to the Union government to take effective steps to reduce noise pollution, the high court on Thursday directed the DGCA to bring noise levels in and around Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport as per the international standards.
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State seeks 15-day relaxation a year in silence zone regulation
MUMBAI: The state government will request the union government to allow relaxation of silence zone norms for 15 days in a year in every district.
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Proposal to ban sirens in public places angers cabinet ministers
Mumbai: Though the state government appears greatly concerned about climate change and the rising noise pollution levels in the city, even going as far as to publicly criticise the proposal to build helipads atop residential buildings, the story is quite different when the politicians themselves are asked to mend their ways.
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HC: Make Shivaji Park a silence zone
MUMBAI: A Bombay high court bench of justices FI Rebello and A A Sayed passed an interim order on Wednesday, directing that Shivaji Park and its periphery be declared a "silence zone", and banning the use of loudspeakers in the area from 10 pm to 6 am due to the large number of schools and religious places in the vicinity.
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Pedal pushers are back!
JYOTI VERMA THE ASIAN AGE
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30% bio-diesel use mandatory in Bengal for old generators
The West Bengal Government has made mandatory the use of 30 per cent bio-diesel for running any
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At IGI, plans afoot to turn down sound on Runway 29
Control measures including different landing procedures and land use management considered As the Delhi High Court provided a six-month relief to the Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) by lifting the ban on use of new runway (29-11) at night, the IGI Airport authorities have drawn up plans to reduce noise pollution caused at the runway.