Noise pollution and its sources are regulated under the Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules, 2000.
Noise has increasingly become a nuisance in India, especially in urban areas. The tribunal had also asked laying down stringent compensation for tampering with the sound limiters. Goel had asked the CPCB to look at revising fines for bursting crackers and for repeated violations. In November 2019, a bench headed by the NGT chairperson A.K. during weddings or other functions, the noise being created at odd hours was adversely affecting the health of the citizens. They had complained that by the use of music systems, public address systems etc. The new fines have been proposed in response to a set of cases going on in the National Green Tribunal (NGT) regarding noise pollution wherein the applicants complained that despite several court orders, the problem of noise pollution continues in the national capital. 100,000 for people violating noise pollution rules, including measures for the repeat offenders. The country’s pollution watchdog, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), has proposed a set of fines ranging from Rs. Incessant honking, loud construction activity, loudspeakers at odd hours – all contributors to noise pollution – could soon fall heavy on the pockets of those violating norms. Featured image: Heavy traffic moves along a busy road as it rains during a power-cut at the toll-gates at Gurgaon on the outskirts of New Delhi July 31, 2012.
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