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Awaaz Foundation is a non-governmental organization in India working to control noise pollution from various sources through advocacy, public interest litigation, awareness, and educational campaigns since 2003. [105] Despite increased enforcement and stringency of laws now being practiced in urban areas, rural areas are still affected. [106]
Noise Control Act; Noise dosimeter; Noise Free America; Noise map; ... Noise pollution in India; Noise regulation; Noise-induced hearing loss; O. Occupational noise;
India has also enacted a set of Noise Pollution (Regulation & Control) Rules in 2000. In 1985, the Indian government created the Ministry of Environment and Forests. This ministry is the central administrative organisation in India for regulating and ensuring environmental protection.
A typical noise ordinance sets forth clear definitions of acoustic nomenclature and defines categories of noise generation; then numerical standards are established, so that enforcement personnel can take the necessary steps of warnings, fines or other municipal police power to rectify unacceptable noise generation.
Electric and hybrid vehicles could reduce noise pollution, but only if those vehicles make up a high proportion of total vehicles on the road; even if traffic in an urban area reached a makeup of fifty percent electric vehicles, the overall noise reduction achieved would only be a few decibels and would be barely noticeable. [12]
To regulate the pollution emitted by cars and two-wheelers, the Government of India has placed forth regulations known as Bharat Stage Emission Standards (BSES). The Central Government has mandated that every vehicle manufacturer, both two-wheels and four-wheels, ought to manufacture, sell and register solely BS6 (BSVI) vehicles from 1 April 2020.
India is the third country in the world, after Australia and New Zealand, to set up a statutory body for environmental protection. Its national headquarters is in New Delhi and the regional headquarters of the tribunal are situated in the cities of Bhopal , Pune , Kolkata and Chennai .
Indian Forest Act, 1927; The National Environment Tribunal Act, 1995; National Green Tribunal Act, 2010; Noise Pollution rule, 2000; Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act of 2001; Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991; The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006