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DND-Jewar Airport high-speed corridor to boost Delhi-NCR connectivity, ease traffic congestionA significant infrastructure project, the DND-Faridabad-Sohna Access Controlled Highway, is rapidly progressing to ease Delhi-NCR traffic a...
Bengaluru techie returns to India after six years in Germany explains why he chose to come backA Bengaluru tech professional's decision to return to India after six years in Germany has ignited online discussion. He cited India's ener...
‘Sometimes comfort is not enough’: Bengaluru techie's honest reason for leaving Germany after 6 years and returning to IndiaA Bengaluru tech professional, after six years in Germany, chose to return to India, finding that while Germany offered comfort and order, ...
Crowded locals, high rents, bad roads: Viral post claims Mumbai is 'practically unliveable'A Reddit user's post sparks debate about Mumbai's liveability. The user contrasts Mumbai with Bengaluru, Pune and Hyderabad, citing high re...
Viral video: Karnataka police make drivers hear their own loud horns; Users suggest doing the same for LED high beamsKarnataka Traffic Police have gone viral for addressing unruly drivers using loud air horns by subjecting them to their own noisy honking. ...
Not even silence zones spared as traffic gives Delhi an earfulA dynamic mapping of noise pollution at 10 locations by Delhi Technological University (DTU) has revealed that traffic noise levels were mu...
Traffic noise affects bird physiology and reproductive health: StudyThe study, published in the journal Conservation Biology, noted that the chicks of noise-exposed birds were smaller than the young ones fro...
Exposed to traffic noises for a prolonged period of time? It may up obesity riskSustained exposure to noise pollution is a widespread public health problem.
Your precious bike could be seized for that loud silencer sound"Two wheelers with modified silencers that cause noise pollution will be impounded," Punjab Environment Minister Om Parkash Soni announced.
No Cacophony? - Peak traffic zones may go silent if state agency has its wayBengaluru now has over 6.5 million vehicles on its streets and with increasingly frustrating traffic jams, honking has become a natural ten...
Rs 5,000 fine on using pressure horns, removing silencers: NGTNoting that unhindered use of pressure horns is a source of serious noise pollution, the tribunal had imposed ban on them in all vehicles i...
NGT asks HP to impose Rs 500 on cars near Shimla's Mall RoadIn a bid to make Shimla free of traffic congestion, the National Green Tribunal has directed Himachal Pradesh government to impose an envir...
Declare Panchsheel Park as "silence zone": National Green TribunalA bench headed by justice P Jyothimani directed that the traffic police shall see that no overloaded vehicles are allowed in the area.
Karnataka: Pollution control agency moots removal of horns from autos and two-wheelersPCB wants two wheelers and autorickshaws in Bengaluru to be divested of their horns, proposing the outlandish measure to address the proble...
- Act on noise pollution complaints: NGT
NGT bench directed that complaints forwarded by call centre should be attended immediately by area station house officer (SHO) and confisca...
- Construction causes more noise than festival speakers
Daily construction and traffic noise in the city is causing more pollution than the loudspeakers used during festivals. These daily sounds ...
- Noise pollution hits realty market
The increasing sound pollution outside residential establishments owing to incessant traffic has begun to have an adverse effect on realty ...
- More cars on city roads may choke you
The past few years have seen more and more fourwheelers and two-wheelers zipping across the city roads.
- Jairam Ramesh's attempt to check traffic noise
Honking is second nature to Indians; trying to silence that would be like attempting to curb free speech.
- Now, a grand fine awaits honkers
In a bid to tackle noise pollution, the Maharashtra government is proposing a tenfold hike in fines for honking.