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Diwali less noisy but light crackers pose new threat [1]

The city remained quieter than the last two previous years on Diwali night by around five decibels but the average noise level still soared to 98 decibels, substantially higher than the permissible

Publication Date: 
01/11/2016
Prithvijit Mitra [2]
Times of India (Kolkata) [3]
Tags:
West Bengal [4], Kolkata [5], Noise Pollution [6], Diwali [7], Festival [8], NGO [9], Health Effects [10], Environment [11]

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