Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
far from being a festival of lights, Diwali has gradually become a nightmare for the residents of Delhi. In a report on the ambient noise level survey, the Central Pollution Control Board has recommended the bursting of crackers at one place instead of at individual houses. It has said that …
every year the noise level increases by one decibel (db ) in Mumbai. According to a preliminary study, the city is becoming increasingly noisy and this year, the average noise levels have touched 78 db while the recommended day-time norm for residential areas is 55 db . Studies have shown …
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 …
the Pakistan government is planning to replace about 100,000 two-stroke engine autorickshaws with four-stroke engines to check the growing air and noise pollution in the cities. A delegation of leading manufacturers of autorickshaws recently held a meeting with the officials of the environment ministry and presented a proposal to the …
a study carried out in Faridabad, south of Delhi, has revealed that the level of air and noise pollution is far in excess to the permissible limits. The study was undertaken by the Environment Management Centre, managed by Nuchem Limited, an authorised monitoring agency of the Haryana Pollution Control Board. …
in the wake of the ban on hoardings in Delhi, hoardings at bus shelters which use diesel gensets for lightning, have become a major source of air pollution. Around 1,200 bus-stop shelters have been leased out by the Delhi Transport Corporation ( dtc ), 30 per cent of which are …
A vehicular pollution, noise as well smoke, control campaign will be jointly launched by the traffic police and the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) in Pakistan. However, representatives of the transporters have warned that unless their grievances such as provision of unadulterated fuel and genuine spare parts, were not redressed …
noise from aeroplanes in the us has reduced considerably and will reduce further, says the Federal Aviation Administration, usa . A law passed by the Congress in 1990 says that airlines will have to reduce the number of noisy planes they fly. By 1999, these planes will make up less …
a european Commission's ( ec' s) decision to clamp down on the use of old noisy aircraft inside European Union's ( eu' s) airspace is set to provoke a trade dispute between the eu and the us. W ith the unanimous backing of 15 eu member states, the ec plans …
Aeroplane passengers may no longer have to yell at each other to be heard. Ultra Electronics of Cambridge, UK, has designed a passenger seat that halves the perceived ambient noise inside most aircraft cabins. The trick is done through a sound-cancelling device built into the headrests. A microphone samples sound …
EUROPEAN railways may have found an answer to one of the most common complain they face - the noise pollution. By using small knee-high noise barriers along the railway track and an acoustic hood that shrouds the train's wheel, train noise can be reduced to half, say researchers at TNO, …
On when the green bench of the Calcutta high court was formed: The green bench was formed in June 1996 when a case was filed by the Howrah Ganatantrik Nagrik Samiti in the Supreme Court. At that time, Justice Kuldip Singh of the Supreme Court was known as a "green …
The Delhi High Court recently directed senior government officials to take appropriate steps to control noise and air pollution caused by firecrackers during Diwali. A division bench comprising Justice Y K Sabharwal and Justice K S Gupta directed that a meeting be convened by officials of the Central Pollution Control …
Twenty-eight imams of Calcutta recently refused to appear before the high court for the third consecutive time in the case against use of microphones during the call for prayers. The issue is already snowballing into a big controversy. Justice B P Banerjee of the Calcutta high court, said, "Some political …
every year, loss of hearing affects a significant number of people worldwide. The causes are varied, ageing and accidents being the most common. However, in some instances, hereditary factors also play a crucial role. In fact, these are responsible for as much as 60 per cent of the 28 million …
More than 2,800 residents living near the us Atsugi Naval Station, used jointly by the us Navy and the Self-Defence Forces, in Kanagawa prefacture near Yokohama have filed a lawsuit against the government seeking compensation for noise pollution. The lawsuit, third since 1976 and the largest-ever lodged against the government, …
And now a window to keep out aircraft noise. Fergus Fricke and Ramin Mohajeri at the University of Sydney, Australia, have developed a window that responds to the sound of an aircraft by shutting. When the noise falls below a threshold, the window opens again. The invention could be of …
A division bench of the Calcutta High Court has ruled that artists who use loudspeakers in their performances between 9 pm and 6 am and disturb the peace will be punished. Earlier, the same bench of justice B P Banerjee and justice S Barman Roy said that nobody would be …
A division bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court has directed the state chief secretary and the state pollution control board to stop all stone quarrying and blasting operations around Kukatpally area in light of the report submitted by the Andhra Pradesh pollution control board. The report had said that …
