WHAT YOU CAN DO -
Raise your AWAAZ against Noise Pollution!

RECENT 


"As politicians squabble over loudspeakers, an appeal for quiet on International Noise Awareness Day"
Sumaira Abdulali, Scroll.in
27th April 2022

“Noise pollution is a health menace; don't politicise it”
Sumaira Abdulali, Times of India
27th April 2022

​“Noise Pollution: When will the Government wake up?"
Sumaira Abdulai, Take One, Big Story of the Day, Forbes India
27th April 2022

To give 'Gati Shakti' to  CoP26 promises, India needs to spend more
Sumaira Abdulali, News9,
9th April 2022

“Let's go: Recycle construction, demolition waste”
Sumaira Abdulali, Times of India
7th April 2022

SakalSanman Award to Sumaira Abdulali
25th March 2022
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Press Note on release of illustrated book “Raise your AWAAZ against Noise Pollution"
15th March 2022

WHAT YOU CAN DO
"Raise your AWAAZ against Noise Pollution” 
Released by Awaaz foundation and Mumbai Police
15th March 2022

“Mumbai climate action Plan 2022: All you need to know”
Sumaira Abdulali, Times of India
15th March 2022

Awareness campaign with Mumbai Police on social media
February 2022  

“Women and the woes of sand mining"
Sumaira Abdulai, Take One, Big Story of the Day, Forbes India
8th March 2022

"Climate Action a 'priority sector', but Sitharaman makes no budgetary allocation for it"
Sumaira Abdulai, Take One, Big Story of the Day, Forbes India
1st February 2022

“The perils of Horn Ok Please: noise, speeding and rash driving”
Sumaira Abdulai, Take One, Big Story of the Day, Forbes India
31st January 2022

”Indian women working on United Nations’ sustainable development goals”
Sumaira Abdulali, Times of India,
20th January 2022

बेढंगे विकास से पश्चिमी घाट का विनाश
छाया व आलेख: सुमेरा अब्दुलअली
हिंदी अनुवाद: नीलकंठ पारटकर वरिष्ठ पत्रकार

विकासाच्या नावाखाली पश्चिम घाटाचा विनाश 
छाया व लेख: सुमैरा अब्दुलअली
मराठी भाषांतर: नीलकंठ पारटकर, वरिष्ठ पत्रकार

“Every bit of warming matters”
New Year Special - 22 for 2022,
Forbes India,
14th January 2022

“Community action seizes the Day”
Times of India,
1st January 2022
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“Mumbai witnessing a steady decline in festival noise”
Sumaira Abdulali, Times of India,
30th December 2021

“Firecrackers: the pollution we consciously choose"
Sumaira Abdulali, Take One, big Story of the Day, Forbes India
28th December 2021

“Noise pollution from honking: the need for an enforcement drive”
Sumaira Abdulali, Times of India
24th December 2021

Book Launch of SHE IS at the US Consulate
ElsaMarie Silva and Red Dot Foundation
17th December 2021

"Air pollution from construction: A tale of two ‘polluted’ cities”
Sumaira Abdulali, Times of India
29th November 2021

"Devastation in the Western Ghats in the name of unplanned development"
Sumaira Abdulali, Take One, big Story of the Day, Forbes India
29th November 2021

SHE IS Book launch, featuring a chapter on Sumaira Abdulali
ElsaMarie D’souza and Red Dot Foundation
25th November 2021

SPROUTS and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung 2nd International Sustainability Conference 2021
12-14th November 2021

"Why beach sand mining is so dangerous”
Sumaira Abdulali, Times of India
11th November 2021

COP26: Will India commit to or cop-out of climate negotiations?
Sumaira Abdulali, Take One, big Story of the Day, Forbes India
8th November 2021

Report on Noise and Air Pollution
Diwali 2021
4th November 2021

Climate Change
The Federal Webinar
30th October 2021

Report on firecracker testing for Noise Pollution
Awaaz Foundation and Maharashtra Pollution Control Board
21st October 2021
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Report on Eid e Milad 
19th October 2021

Letter to Shri Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister of Road Transport
Please do not permit musical horns
​5th October 2021

World Habitat Day: India’s Power Sector must lead coal phase-out
Sumaira Abdulali & Tanuja Pandit,
Forbes India, Take One:Big Story of the Day
4th October 2021

Report on Noise Pollution Ganpati 2021
19th September 2021
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​“Air pollution is now a matter of life and death”
 Sumaira Abdulali, TakeOne:Big Story of the Day, Forbes India
7th September 2021

Zero Waste Week
IIT Bombay Panel Discussion
​5th September 2021

Noise Pollution: The Not So Silent Killer
Let India Breathe
​5th September 2021 

“International Youth Day: The next 100 years of the planet are uncertain. The fight for the future is on."
Sumaira Abdulali, TakeOne,:Big Story of the Day,  Forbes India
11th August 2021
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"Victims of the weather: How climate change is creating more refugees than other conflicts”
Sumaira Abdulali & Laika Abdulali, Forbes India
27th July 2021

"Role of Youth in curbing Noise Pollution"
Media Conference with Lal Goel 
4th June 2021

"Cyclones and the pressing concern for India’s western coast”
Sumaira Abdulali, TakeOne:Big Story of the Day, Forbes India
​3rd June 2021

"Can wildfires be prevented in a world dealing with climate change?”
Sumaira Abdulali  and Naandika Tripathi, TakeOne, Forbes India
24th May 2021

International Noise Awareness Day: Not just deafness, noise pollution can cause stress, mental illnesses, and even cancer
Sumaira Abdulali, Forbes India,
28th April 2021

International Noise Awareness Day
Indian Medical Association Webinar
28th April 2021

Environmental Stewardship
Dubai Scholars’ School,
27th April 2021
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​Earth Day 2021:Human and ecological cost of sand mining is staggering
Sumaira Abdulali, Forbes India
​22nd April 2021

Letters to Union Environment Minister Shri Harsh Vardhan 
and Maharashtra Environment Minister Shri Aaditya Thackeray
Please popularise free WHO audiometry App to create awareness about hearing loss and noise pollution
​8th March 2021

Women and Environment 
Sumaira Abdulali, ​Awaaz For Action  
​6th March 2021
 
World Wildlife Day 2021: India's economic growth can't be at cost of environment
Sumaira Abdulali, Forbes India
​3rd March 2021
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Report on Road Safety Week and Webinar
​18th January - 17th February 2021
Awaaz Foundation
​17th February 2021

”Don’t honk, ok please: Quieter roads can make them safer too”
Sumaira Abdulali, Forbes India
15th February 2021
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Talk at DeviPrasad Goenka Management College of Media Studies
11th February 2021

”Honking and Road Safety”
AwaazForAction Webinar  Supported by Mumbai Police
Road Safety Month 2021
9th February 2021

”Clean Air Initiatives"
Saboo Sidik Polytechnic Department of Civil Engineering
28th January 2021
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Conversation on Air Pollution
Sumaira Abdulali with Ananda Banerjee, Outlook India
13th January 2021
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“How coronavirus aided Mumbai’s anti-noise pollution campaign”
Sumaira Abdulali, Mumbai Mirror
11th January 2021

’This Sand is our Sand’
TEDxHansrajCollege
11th January 2021

”Did we love 2020’s clean air enough?"
Sumaira Abdulali, Forbes India
6th January 2021
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"Please tackle burning garbage across Maharashtra which contributes to air pollution and climate change"
Letter to Environment Minister Maharashtra
​6th January 2021
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SAND MINING

REPORTS ON LOUDSPEAKERS AND FESTIVALS


​​REPORTS ON CONSTRUCTION,
​TRAFFIC AND RAILWAY NOISE


REPORTS ON AIR POLLUTION and
​FIRECRACKERS

AIR POLLUTION ADVOCACY AND AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS

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LITIGATION 

Noise Pollution
Sand mining
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PUBLICATIONS
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Noise Pollution
Sand Mining
"Noise Annoys" Column in Times of India 
"Mumbai Speaks Up" Column in Times of India
Four-part series on sand mining, Mumbai Mirror
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