Data collated over the last three years by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has shown that there was a dip in noise pollution levels in Kolhapur during this Diwali.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/noise-pollution-diwali-came-down-across-kolhapur-year
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/times-india-kolhapur
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/maharashtra
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kolhapur-t
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/diwali
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/festival
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/noise-pollution
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/state-pollution-control-board-spcb-0
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/environment-act-1986
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/environment