Noise Pollution: India - Revision history

Jyoti: /* 2024 */

2025-12-03T11:33:30Z

‎2024

Jyoti: /* 2022: the world’s noisiest */

2025-12-03T11:30:47Z

‎2022: the world’s noisiest

Jyoti: /* The state-wise position */

2025-11-01T06:55:22Z

‎The state-wise position

Pdewan: /* Delhi */

2025-10-10T13:01:33Z

‎Delhi

Jyoti: /* 2018: HC makes UP ban illegal loudspeakers, even at religious places */

2022-08-30T19:45:27Z

‎2018: HC makes UP ban illegal loudspeakers, even at religious places

Jyoti: /* Court/ NGT judgements */

2022-03-27T18:30:45Z

‎Court/ NGT judgements

Jyoti: /* The Sources of Noise Pollution */

2021-09-09T05:01:50Z

‎The Sources of Noise Pollution

Pdewan: /* Noise Pollution and India */

2021-09-05T15:56:03Z

‎Noise Pollution and India

Jyoti at 21:30, 21 March 2019

2019-03-21T21:30:44Z

Jyoti at 21:28, 21 March 2019

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 ==2024==
-[[File: The noisiest cities in the world, the noisiest cities in India: presumably as in 2024.jpg|The noisiest cities in the world, the noisiest cities in India: presumably as in 2024 <br/> From: [https://epaper.indiatimes.com/article-share?article=27_11_2025_011_005_cap_TOI  Nov 27, 2025: ''The Times of India'']|frame|500px]]
+[[File: The noisiest cities in the world, the noisiest cities in India- presumably as in 2024.jpg|The noisiest cities in the world, the noisiest cities in India: presumably as in 2024 <br/> From: [https://epaper.indiatimes.com/article-share?article=27_11_2025_011_005_cap_TOI  Nov 27, 2025: ''The Times of India'']|frame|500px]]
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  The report ranks 61 cities around the world, of which Dhaka tops the list with a noise pollution of 119 dB. Islamabad is third, with maximum noise pollution of 105 dB. Thirteen cities from South Asia feature in the list. Five of them are from India. The other four are Kolkata at 89 dB, Asansol (89 dB), Jaipur (84 dB), and Delhi at 83 dB.
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 Sumaira Abdulali of Awaz Foundation echoes a similar sentiment: “People will adjust to living next to a railway station despite the disturbance caused by loud announcements and honking. Loud music is one of the leading cause of police complaints the world over, including India, but we never think too much about the harm of constant honking by cars on the roads just outside their house.'' Clearly , the main sources of noise in the main urban centres are vehicles,
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 =The state-wise position=
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 [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=Noise-pollution-is-a-killer-too-09062016001054 The Times of India], June 9, 2016
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 Sumaira Abdulali of Awaz Foundation echoes a similar sentiment: “People will adjust to living next to a railway station despite the disturbance caused by loud announcements and honking. Loud music is one of the leading cause of police complaints the world over, including India, but we never think too much about the harm of constant honking by cars on the roads just outside their house.'' Clearly , the main sources of noise in the main urban centres are vehicles,
 =Loudspeakers for religion, social events=

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	The HC had on December 20, 2017 sought to know what action had been taken against such illegal installations and also against the officers who failed to ensure that rules were followed.		The HC had on December 20, 2017 sought to know what action had been taken against such illegal installations and also against the officers who failed to ensure that rules were followed.
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		+	===HC dismisses plea against ‘no-loudspeaker’ order at 2 UP mosques ===
		+	[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/allahabad-hc-junks-plea-against-no-loudspeaker-order-at-2-mosques-in-up/articleshow/73505648.cms Rajesh Kumar Pandey , January 22, 2020: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	ALLAHABAD: Stating that no religion advocates the use of loudspeakers for worship, the Allahabad high court has declined to quash an administrative order barring the use of loudspeakers for azaan at two mosques in Baddopur and Shahganj villages of UP’s Jaunpur district.
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		+	“No religion prescribes or preaches that prayers are required to be performed through voice amplifiers or by beating of drums...If there is such a practice, it should not adversely affect the rights of the others, including that of not being disturbed,” the division bench of Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice VC Dixit said while dismissing a petition filed by one Masroor Ahmad and a fellow resident of Jaunpur.
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		+	A copy of the order, issued on January 9, was uploaded to the high court’s website.
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		+	While arriving at its verdict, the division bench harked back to a Supreme Court judgment in a similar case. In the Church of God (Full Gospel) vs KKR Majestic Colony Welfare Association case dating back to 2000, the apex court had said that freedom to practice and profess a religion under Articles 25 and 26 of the Constitution were subject to public order, morality and health.
		+	The division bench dismissed the argument of the petitioners that using loudspeakers to call people out to join in the azaan at specific times was an essential part of their religion. “The fundamental right to religious freedom under Article 25 (1) of the Constitution is not an absolute right. It is subject to Article 19(1)(a) (freedom of speech and expression) of the Constitution, and thus both of them have to be read together and construed harmoniously,” the judges said.
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		+	The petitioners had submitted an application to the Jaunpur district administration in March last year, seeking permission to use loudspeakers in two mosques at Baddopur and Shahganj.
		+	On March 7, the circle officer of Shahganj conducted a spot inspection and stated in his report that the areas in which these two mosques were located had a mixed population of Hindus and Muslims. The report said if any of these communities were allowed to use sound amplifiers, it could trigger friction between them and create a law-and-order problem.
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		+	In a notification issued on June 12, the sub-divisional magistrate of Shahganj denied permission/renewal of the licence to use amplifiers and loudspeakers at the two mosques, citing the likelihood of animosity between two religious communities in areas with a mixed population.
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		+	Referring to that notification, the division bench said, “It becomes quite evident that the petitioners have been refused permission to use a sound-amplifying system at the mosques, not only for the inherent reason of noise pollution but in order to maintain peace and tranquillity.”
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		+	The court also mentioned that public awareness about the adverse effects of noise population was generally low. “People in India do not realise that noise in itself is a sort of pollution. They are not even fully conscious about its ill effects on health, though some concern is being shown to it in the recent past.”
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		+	According to a January 2018 order issued by the Yogi Adityanath government, no loudspeaker, public address system, sound-producing instrument or amplifier can be used in a public place without official permission under Rule 5 of the Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules, 2000.
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	=The Sources of Noise Pollution =		=The Sources of Noise Pollution =

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	The tribunal said it had an interaction with the concerned officers in an attempt to advise them on understanding their responsibility and accountability to law and their duty to the society. NGT’s observation came while dealing with a plea alleging that illegal use of loudspeakers at mosques was adversely affecting the health of the residents living in their vicinity in east Delhi.		The tribunal said it had an interaction with the concerned officers in an attempt to advise them on understanding their responsibility and accountability to law and their duty to the society. NGT’s observation came while dealing with a plea alleging that illegal use of loudspeakers at mosques was adversely affecting the health of the residents living in their vicinity in east Delhi.
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		+	=The city-wise position=
		+	==2022: the world’s noisiest==
		+	[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/article-share?article=27_03_2022_001_013_cap_TOI March 27, 2022: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	[[File: 2022- the world’s noisiest cities.jpg\|2022: the world’s noisiest cities <br/> From: [https://epaper.timesgroup.com/article-share?article=27_03_2022_001_013_cap_TOI March 27, 2022: ''The Times of India'']\|frame\|500px]]
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		+	Moradabad: UP’s Moradabad is the second-most noise polluted city globally, according to the recent ‘Annual Frontier Report, 2022’ published by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The area recorded noise pollution of an ear-splitting 114 decibels at its highest (dB) in 2021, the report said, reports Akhlad Khan.
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		+	The report ranks 61 cities around the world, of which Dhaka tops the list with a noise pollution of 119 dB. Islamabad is third, with maximum noise pollution of 105 dB. Thirteen cities from South Asia feature in the list. Five of them are from India. The other four are Kolkata at 89 dB, Asansol (89 dB), Jaipur (84 dB), and Delhi at 83 dB.
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		+	[[Category:Environment and pollution\|P NOISE POLLUTION: INDIANOISE POLLUTION: INDIA
		+	NOISE POLLUTION: INDIA]]
		+	[[Category:Health\|P NOISE POLLUTION: INDIANOISE POLLUTION: INDIA
		+	NOISE POLLUTION: INDIA]]
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		+	NOISE POLLUTION: INDIA]]
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		+	NOISE POLLUTION: INDIA]]

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 The HC had on December 20, 2017 sought to know what action had been taken against such illegal installations and also against the officers who failed to ensure that rules were followed.
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+==Sources and damage caused + Indian rules/ 2018==
 [[File: Noise Pollution and India- The sources and damage caused, Indian rules, 2018.jpg|Noise Pollution and India: The sources and damage caused <br/>  Indian rules/ 2018 <br/> From: [https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2018%2F10%2F18&entity=Ar00600&sk=553686FD&mode=image  October 18, 2018: ''The Times of India'']|frame|500px]]
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 =See also=
 [[Noise Pollution: Delhi]]

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 '''Noise pollution is a killer too'''
+[[File: Yearly trend of Delhi's noise monitoring stations.jpg|Yearly trend of Delhi's noise monitoring stations; Graphic courtesy: [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Gallery.aspx?id=09_06_2016_002_011_016&type=P&artUrl=NOISE-ANNOYS-THAT-DANGEROUS-DIN-CAN-WREAK-HAVOC-09062016002011&eid=31808  ''The Times of India''], June 9, 2016|frame|500px]]
 The busy ITO junction in Delhi registers around 74 decibel (dB) of sound on a typical day , almost 10db over the limit for commercial areas. The level near Acworth Hospital in Mumbai's Wadala is usually 70dB, almost 20dB more than what's permitted in such a zone.
 Noise pollution is now linked to many ailments  from irreversible hearing loss to anxiety attacks to hypertension and heart disease. Considering that every 10dB increase makes the sound twice as loud to the human ear, the health implications for a regular commuter are serious. The situation is so bad in cities that ENT specialists now say a 20dB loss in hearing among urbanites is “normal“.

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		+	=Court/ NGT judgements=
		+	== A serious punishable crime, Police to take strict action==
		+	[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2019%2F03%2F21&entity=Ar00602&sk=AF162A9A&mode=text March 21, 2019: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	Noise pollution beyond prescribed norms is a serious punishable crime, the National Green Tribunal said and asked Delhi Police to map such hotspots as also put in place a surveillance mechanism for taking strict action against violators.
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		+	A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel directed the police commissioner to monitor the implementing officers in order to safeguard the right of citizens and email the report within a month.
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		+	The green court said that citizens have constitutional right to peaceful environment and noise pollution beyond prescribed norms is a serious punishable crime for which adequate preventive and remedial action is needed.
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		+	“There has to be strict action of identifying and mapping the hotspots of noise pollution, requiring installation of noise measuring device,” the bench said. “There has to be a surveillance and monitoring mechanism, coordination with the educational institutions and resident welfare associations at regular intervals,” it added while posting the matter for hearing on July 12.
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		+	The tribunal said it had an interaction with the concerned officers in an attempt to advise them on understanding their responsibility and accountability to law and their duty to the society. NGT’s observation came while dealing with a plea alleging that illegal use of loudspeakers at mosques was adversely affecting the health of the residents living in their vicinity in east Delhi.

	=The state-wise position=		=The state-wise position=