Sound vision

Computer simulations to map noise pollution

Fatal flight

For the Dutch, one more runway at Schiphol may mean more business and jobs, but pollution could go over the top

Pollution in news on May 14

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and debates on pollution

Silent ride

A new technology may reduce noise pollution from trains to half

Pollution in news on May 1

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and developments on pollution

Lagos takes action against violators to tackle noise pollution

State environmental agency LASEPA has shut 40 religious houses, industries and night clubs for contravening guidelines on pollution

Nightmare festivals

There is growing concern over the pollution caused by festivals like Diwali

At full blast

Sharp rise in air and noise pollution levels again during Diwali

Depression’s other face

Factors linking depression to air pollution, food habits and environmental degradation are not commonly considered

Glaring aberrations

Glow-signs using diesel gensets at bus stops have increased in Delhi. So has the pollution

Shut off

Court passes order against noise pollution

Loud campaign

Firecracker industry launches drive against noise pollution laws

Green university

Anna University is turning green with serious efforts to curtail pollution within the campus

Bengal shows the way forward to reduced fireworks noise standard on Diwali

National Green Tribunal upholds move by state pollution control board to cap noise level limit at 90 decibels 

Pune police to crack down on noise on New Year’s Eve

Green tribunal orders confiscation of cars fitted with unauthorised DJ systems to check noise pollution

After ‘bias’ row, Bombay HC judge brought back to hear noise pollution case

Maharashtra government faced flak for accusing Justice Oka of bias and trying to transfer the case to a different bench

Defiling the sacred

How the environment --- sacred to Hindus --- is bearing the brunt of pollution in the name of religion

How silent are silence zones in India?

A study monitored 17 silence zones in Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Lucknow and found that none of them came anywhere …

Not just air, level of noise pollution in Delhi is also deadly: study

A new study confirms the findings of a 2011 CSE survey which had shown that the capital has the noisiest roads in the country

JAPAN

The conductor's bane

A hush-hush affair

Noise control

Talking about pollution

AIR POLLUTION AND CONTROL· K V S G Murali Krishna· Kaushal and Co, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh· Rs 500, 345pp

Loudspeakers silenced