KOLKATA, 24 OCT: To ensure compliance of pollution control norms, especially those for creating noise pollution by bursting firecrackers, the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB), along with

Mumbai figures on noise pollution in the civic body’s annual environment report are a far cry from the results of a four-year survey conducted by Jai Hind College researchers, a fact that has not g

While other children are busy buying firecrackers, students of Podar International School (SSC section) have vowed to “Say No to Firecrackers’’.

The state government came up with noise rules based on the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) recommendations in 1989.

Noise pollution levels have touched alarming levels in India’s big cities, making even nights as noisy as days in several areas and exposing people to a 24X7 assault on their eardrums, the apex pol

Families have begun preparing for the festival of lights, which is always accompanied by the exchange of sweets, shopping sprees and the bursting of crackers.

Calcutta, Oct 18: (PTI) A joint action team formed by Pollution Control Board, Calcutta and state police will ensure that sound pollution norms against firecrackers were not violated during Diwali.

This is the first of a three-part series on History of noise law

In a bid to cap the polluting fumes emitted by thousands of vehicles in Jharkhand’s cities, the government is thinking of putting in place liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dispensing stations.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will soon conduct a noise mapping analysis of the city to identify noise pollution at various locations and instal sound barriers.

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