The Bombay high court’s recent comprehensive order on noise pollution, issued after hearing ten PILs on different aspects of noise pollution, potentially changes the way festivals are celebrated in Maharashtra. In spite of specific court orders, the state government has not given publicity to toll-free, anonymous complaint mechanisms through WhatsApp, sms and email. Citizens need…
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No Honking Drive
No Honking Drive with Times of India August 2016
Breaking the noise barrier – The Hindu
Committed citizens like 9 to 12-year-old children from the BDD chawls who measured noise during festivals in 2015, gynaecologist Dr Mahesh Bedekar, who has fought through the courts to control noise levels from festivals which disturbed patients in his maternity home in Thane, Ajay Marathe, who controlled noise from a mosque and a school next…