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Traffic, construction, crackers are major noise-pollutants [1]

MUMBAI: Traffic, construction activities and fire-crackers during festivities top the list of polluters in the city.

Even as the Bombay high court asked the state last week to issue a notification to demarcate "silent zones'' in the city, activists say this is only the first step. To effectively deal with sound pollution in Mumbai, authorities will have to tackle the noisy trio.

Publication Date: 
02/03/2009
Times Of India (Mumbai) [2]
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Environment [3], State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) [4], Congestion [5], Maharashtra [6], Mumbai [7]

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