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No blanket ban, but SC puts checks on firecrackers this Diwali

By : Sustainability ..., Oct 24, 2018

People can burst low-emission firecrackers between 8 pm and 10 pm this Diwali, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday, ruling against a blanket ban on fireworks. But the top court ordered that the...

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Noise-mapping at every airport to check noise pollution

By : sustainabilityo..., May 4, 2017

Taking serious note of noise pollution from aircraft during its take off and landing and also during its movements at airports, the National Physical Laboratory of the Council of Scientific and...

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Govt spells out stricter norms for gensets to curb pollution

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 23, 2016

The Centre has notified new stringent environment standards for electricity generators running on Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG)/Natural Gas (NG), Diesel with LPG/NG and Petrol with LPG/NG. This is...

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Curb noise pollution: Chhattisgarh environment department

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 30, 2015

Taking serious note of increasing noise pollution in state and its adverse effects Chhattisgarh government instructed all district collectors to establish complaint's cell for registration of complaints against violators.

As a measure to curb noise pollution on roads...

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Subject Tags: Noise Pollution , policy