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Articles contributed by users Site visitors are invited to post their articles directly here  - Procedure to post articles, documents, photographs, etc. is given here  Cause/Effect Cause and Effects of Noise Pollution  - Introduction and explanation of problems caused by loud noise  Few facts on crackers, written by ratna khemani : Crackers or Quakers?  - On Diwali, menace of maddening noise & air pollution threatens to be a part of the scenario  How firecrackers affect animals : High-pitched solutions for pet owners  - Pet owners can take extra precaution to pacify their pets  Noise Pollution- the effect on Health and Well-Being  - A brief on sources and effect of noise and few methods to reduce Noise Pollution.  Sources of Noises and harmful effects of Noise- Rights and remedies  - What is Noise Pollution and what you can do to avoid its effects  The Source and effect of Noise Pollution  - Noise is probably the most frequently forgotten of the environmental pollutants, but the effects are  What is Noise Pollution?  - The sources of Noise Pollution, effect on Human Health  Expert Opinions Sumaira Abdulali 15 days relaxation to Noise Rules till midnight -SC- October 03, 2005  - In accordance with a Notification of the Ministry of Environment and Forests dated 22nd November 200  Booklet on Noise Pollution and how to complain  - Need for greater awareness and education of citizens about noise levels  Check on festival noise during festivals- September 27, 2005  - Citizens' Action for Navratri, Ramzan etc- Keep watch in your area  Firecracker noise levels- September 08, 2006  - Noise readings taken at Wadala Truck Terminal jointly with the Maharahstra Pollution Control Board  Intervention in Noise hearing in Supreme Court- October 25, 2005  - To oppose the Notification for 15 days extension of the Loudspeaker deadline upto midnight  Letter to Government- Noise readings- 13th September 2006  -   Noise control during Ganpati immersion- September 18, 2005  - The Police deserve to be complimented for their exemplary management  Objection to relaxation of noise Rules- September 25, 2005  - For- Hon'ble Chief Minister Shri Vilas Rao Deshmukh and Deputy Chief Minsiter Shri R R Patil  People should take action by themselves- Sep 10, 06  - Ms. Sumaira Abdulali- in response to a letter by Mr. Anandkumar Kumar  Preliminary Report on Navratri noise levels- October 10, 2005  - For- Deputy Chief Minister Maharashtra and CP Mumbai- Mr. A N Roy  SC Noise Order : To clarify apparent misconceptions-October 06, 2005  - Order- seemingly allows extention of time for loudspeaker use for Navratri in spite of it's earlier   Supreme Court Order on Noise Pollution- 18th July 2005  - Order: Banning noise from all sources at night and restricting noise in all public places during the  Violation of Noise Rules at a Police function- 20th Dec., 2005  - For- Mr. A N Roy, Commissioner of Police- Mumbai  Forum Noise Pollution Forum - Voice Your Views  -   Important Links Mumbai Noise Mapping Project Mumbai City Noise Mapping Project by Sumaira Abdulali- April 4,2006  - Mumbai City Noise Mapping Project will be a prototype which can be replicated in other cities too  Noise Case Studies Research on about 200 gapanati in Mumbai showing irregularities in festival-2006 by Dr.J.A. Sathe  - Situation can be improved if we take a positive approach to the problem instead of neglecting it  United kingdom: Noise Monitoring At Glastonbury Festival  - Noise is one of many aspects that Mendip District Council must seek to control by way of Conditions (pdf)  Noise Policies Future Noise Policy: European Commission: Brussels 1996  - Environmental noise,caused by traffic,industrial and recreational activities is a problem in Europe (pdf)  Noise Pollution Projects Needed:Fund for the Project - Open Air Play- on Noise Pollution  - By- Pradeep Dixit from Communication Support Foundation, Pune  Reports / Research papers Noise - Man's Hidden Enemy - an article by Dr. Y. T. Oke,Anti Noise Pollution Committee, Mumbai  - This 10 page article written in 2005 explains the background on the issue of noise pollution (doc)  Rules/Regulation Court Orders Bombay High Court Order : Oct 5, 2006: By Justice Gokhale and Justice Devadhar  - Regarding problem arising from the use of loudspeakers and the instruments causing noise pollution  Bombay High Court Order- March 30, 2005- by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde, J.  - Supervision and control of the respondents for the purpose of counting the decibel of the noise  Bombay High Court Order- Sep 25, 2003- by Chief Justice Abhay S. Oka. J  - Loudspeaker will not be used in a designated Silence Zone  Calcutta High Court Judgement - April 1996  - Calcutta High Court and Karnataka High Court has taken a very serious view of sound pollution due to  News Article: Oct 6, 2006: TOI, Mumbai: No bursting crackers after 10 pm  - Bursting of sound-emitting firecrackers not permitted between 10 pm and 6 am during Diwali  Order of High Court of Judicature at Bombay  - Writ Petition of 180 of 1998- 23rd February 1998  Government Rules Noise Rules EP Act 1986 - input from- Rules on Noise 1989 and Rules 2000  - The rules framed under this Act  Noise Rule 1998- notified under Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986  - MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS NOTIFICATION-New Delhi, 22nd December, 1998  Noise Rule 1999- notified under Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986  - MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 5th October, 1999  Noise Rules 2000- under Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules  - MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS NOTIFICATION- New Delhi,14th February, 2000  Noise Rules 2000- under Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules, 2000  - MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, 22nd November, 2000  Noise Rules 2001-notified under Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986  - MINISTRY OF ENVIORNMENT AND FORESTS NOTIFICATION-New Delhi, the 30th August, 2003  Noise Rules 2002 (fourth amendment) -notified under Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986  - MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS NOTIFICATION New Delhi- 22nd December, 1998  Noise Rules 2002- under Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules, 2000  - MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 11th October, 2002  Noise Rules 2003- notified under Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986  - MINISTRY OF ENVIORNMENT AND FORESTS NOTIFICATION New Delhi- 1st July, 2003  Police Statistics/Data Decibel Levels of Common Noise Sources  - Distance Attenuation Estimations (pdf)  Mumbai: Report on Navratri 2006 Noise Levels  - By Sumaira Abdulali from Awaaz foundation  Preliminary Report on Noise levels in Mumbai - Sept. 20th 2007  -  (doc)

Also see : Environment, Environment : News Articles, Noise Pollution – News Articles, Plastic Pollution