JAPAN
The Environment Agency Committee in Japan is working towards curbing noise pollution by setting up permissible levels of road noise. If these levels are not adhered to, then governors can impose traffic restrictions.
The committee, a branch of the Central Environment Council, has recommended that the noise level "threshold' at which such action can be triggered should be 10 decibels above the existing recommended standard for areas around the roads. The agency will now seek revisions to the existing ordinance set up by the Prime Minister's Office.
Under the noise pollution control law, governors have the power to demand measures for reducing noise. However, according to the committee, in the past 10 years only 16 such instances have been reported nationwide out of which only in two cases
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