It is worth mentioning that due to consistent efforts at multiple levels (in districts of

Varanasi, Allahabad, Chandauli, Gorakhpur, Karnal etc.) for last 4 years, so many cases have been already registered against noise pollution in different parts of the country, under IPC 268, 290 & 291 apart from the environment Protection Act, 1986. The campaign has got extensive support from various segments of society.

On Thursday afternoon, in the meeting at official residence of Aseem Arun, DIG

Police, apart from the Satya Foundation Secretary Chetan Upadhyaya, the Regional Officer of Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (Agra region), Dr. BB Awasthi was also present, it was felt that with active support from CPCB, there is need for full fledged drive against noise pollution from canopy less generators.

For good health of a human being, 40 decibel of sound is ideal, while the noise from any of the open generators in the market is between 100 to 140 db which is creating so many problems for the people. As per the Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules-2000, any police officer of level of CO (DSP) and above can give notice to the owners of machines/generators producing more than 75 db of noise.

For any generator manufacturer, installing canopy and other sound proofing device so as to reduce the noise level to 75 db (at distance of 1 meter from the source) is an essential precondition, but in absence of proper coordination between the different government agencies, people are bound to suffer silently for years and years. It is hoped that today’s meeting will prove to be a big milestone in direction of solution to this very big problem.