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Airlines pay for residents sleep: runway curfew to prevent noise pollution delays flights [1]

New Delhi: A few hours of peaceful sleep for Delhiites comes at a huge price for the rest of the country, not to mention the airlines that are suffering because of it. The connection: Residents of Vasant Kunj filed a case in court against loud aircraft noise due to planes passing overhead in final approach.

Publication Date: 
08/12/2010
Times Of India (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Air Transport [3], Environment [4], Delhi [5]
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