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TSPCB calls for quieter New Year’s Eve
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TSPCB calls for quieter New Year’s Eve
PHOTO : Tripura State Pollution Control Board (TSPCB). TIWN File Photo.

AGARTALA, Dec 31 (TIWN): Tripura State Pollution Control Board has urged to contain the noise pollution on the peak hours of New Year’s celebration in the state.

The officials of the Tripura State Pollution Control Board (TSPCB) have already ensured that the noise pollution level would not exceed the specified levels during the celebration hours.

Unfortunately, every year, the quantum of air and noise pollution caused due to the bursting of firecrackers increases on the eve of New Year’s celebration.

Firecrackers release pollutants such as sulphur dioxide, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide etc in the air, which causes ailments like asthma and bronchitis. Not only the elderly and patients in hospitals, but animals and birds are also affected due to air and noise pollution.

Though various schools and organisations organised demonstrations prior to occasions to educate the masses on a pollution-free festival, their efforts have been futile.

The bench considered the fact that public are in a celebratory mood on Dec 31 night to welcome the new year but they also created unbearable noise through various means. The real question is how to arrest such a menace. The police may take care of behaviour of people creating excessive noise on the streets and warn them initially. Taking penal action immediately may not be suitable due to festivities, unless it is called for, due to any obscene behaviour of such group.

Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules, 2000, as well as Supreme Court and high courts guidelines regarding controlling noise pollution were blatantly violated during the New Year’s Eve.

However, shockingly, the direction is openly flouted every year as firecrackers are being burst throughout the night and causing excessive noise and air pollution

Post New Year’s celebration; the roads are littered with the remnants of fireworks. The deluge of garbage, including empty bottles used to light off rockets, on every nook and corner of the city is a worrying sign.

However, the TSPCB has called for quieter and peaceful New Year’s Eve on the night of the December 31st. 

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