The Ministry of Environment and Forests is setting up a network for national-level monitoring and reporting of noise pollution.

RASHME SEHGAL

No more loud bands at weddings or loud playing of musical instruments that can drive neighbours up the wall.

Bangaloreans may expect more peaceful nights soon as the Centre has come out with new noise pollution standards clearly spelling out up to what time horns, loudspeakers and sound-emitting construction equipment and firecrackers can be used in the night.

If you have a problem with your neighbour

NEARLY 10 years after the noise pollution regulation was notified, the government has decided to put in a place a mechanism to systematically monitor noise.

The Ministry of Environment and Forests today imposed an eight-month moratorium on new projects in 43 industrial hubs identified recently by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) as

Kirtika Suneja / New Delhi January 14, 2010, 0:10 IST

The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) plans to set up a special purpose vehicle (SPV) for projects to control municipal and industrial sewage generated in the country. The SPV, a joint venture between the Centre and the states, will facilitate faster execution of projects.

Delhi produces 3,800 million litres of sewage every day

Thirty five cities in India are pumping as much as 7,604 million litres of sewage daily straight into rivers, notably the Ganga, and the sea.

Seventy per cent of the total municipal sewage and effluent from over 900 cities and towns are being discharged untreated into rivers which are a major source of drinking water, a recent study by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has said.