Noise Pollution in India
- According to a recent report of Central Pollution Control Board, the level of noise in Mumbai is highest in the country.
- Delhi is on the fourth number.
- However, Lucknow is at the second place with Hyderabad placed at the third slot in terms of noise pollution.
- In its report, CPCB has said that Mumbai had the highest level of noise pollution during 2011-14.
- According to the report, due to greenery and number of roadside trees, noise pollution has been somewhat restrained in Delhi.
- But in the World Hearings Index, Delhi has become the world’s second noisiest city in 2017.
- In Delhi, ITO and Anand Vihar are ....
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Bio–Diversity And Environment
- 1 IUCN & Threatened Species Categories
- 2 India & Sustainable Development Goals
- 3 Decoding 17 Goals
- 4 Sustainable Development Goals
- 5 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
- 6 Important International Events
- 7 The Concept of Sustainable Development
- 8 International Solar Alliance
- 9 National Missions
- 10 NAPCC (National Action Plan on Climate Change)
- 11 Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+)
- 12 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
- 13 India’s Stand Post Paris Treaty
- 14 Paris Agreement
- 15 Kyoto Protocol
- 16 UNFCCC
- 17 Carbon Sequestration
- 18 The Role of Human Activity
- 19 Effects of Global Warming
- 20 Greenhouse Gas Emissions and the Enhanced Greenhouse Effect
- 21 Global warming
- 22 Concept of Climate Change
- 23 Important International Bodies
- 24 International Efforts to Conserve Biodiversity
- 25 Biodiversity Hotspots in India
- 26 Criteria for Qualifying as a Biodiversity Hotspot
- 27 Biosphere Reserves
- 28 Important Institutes from the Point of View of Wildlife
- 29 Project Hangul
- 30 Project Dolphin
- 31 Project Lion
- 32 India Rhino Vision (IRV) 2020
- 33 Vulture Conservation
- 34 UNDP Sea Turtle Project
- 35 Crocodile Conservation Project
- 36 Project Elephant
- 37 Project Tiger
- 38 Social Impact Assessment
- 39 Environment Impact Assessment in India
- 40 Essential Components
- 41 Important National Initiatives
- 42 International Treaties and Cooperation
- 43 Solutions to Ozone Depletion
- 44 Serious Effects of Ozone Depletion
- 45 Main Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS)
- 46 Composition of the Ozone Layer
- 47 Smog Formation
- 48 Electronic Waste in India
- 49 Solid Waste in India
- 50 Solid Waste
- 51 Adverse Effects of Noise Pollution
- 52 Measures for Prevention/ Control of Noise Pollution
- 53 Noise Pollution
- 54 Water Pollution Cess Act, 1977
- 55 Water Prevention and Control of Pollution Act (1974) of India
- 56 Water Pollution in India
- 57 Consequences of Water Pollution
- 58 Sources & Causes of Water Pollution
- 59 What is Water Pollution?
- 60 National Air Quality Index
- 61 Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981
- 62 Consequences of Air Pollution
- 63 Study of Air Quality in India
- 64 Indoor and Outdoor Air Quality
- 65 Sources of Air Pollution
- 66 Substances Emitted into the Atmosphere by Human Activity
- 67 Air Pollution
- 68 Godavari-Krishna Mangroves
- 69 Bhitarkanika Mangroves
- 70 Important Mangrove Sites in India
- 71 Mangroves
- 72 Ramsar Convention and the Wetland Sites
- 73 Wetlands
- 74 Coral Reefs
- 75 National Agroforestry Policy 2014
- 76 Topics Covered under Agroforestry
- 77 Agroforestry
- 78 Types of Social Forestry
- 79 Key Facts about Social Forestry
- 80 Key Highlights of the National Forest Policy 2016
- 81 National Forest Policy
- 82 The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (RFR) Act, 2006
- 83 Forest Conservation Act 1980
- 84 Forest: Institutional Arrangements
- 85 Indian State Forest Report 2015
- 86 Significance/Value of Biodiversity
- 87 How do we Measure Bio-diversity?
- 88 Types of Biodiversity
- 89 Biogeographic Zones
- 90 What is Biodiversity?
- 91 Ecological Relations
- 92 Water Cycle
- 93 Oxygen Cycle
- 94 Nitrogen Cycle
- 95 Carbon Cycle (Gaseous Cycle)
- 96 Nutrient Cycles
- 97 Biogeochemical Cycles
- 98 Ecosystem Goods and Services
- 99 Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystem
- 100 Energy Flow
- 101 Concept of Succession
- 102 Keystone Species
- 103 Ecotone
- 104 Guild - ecosystem
- 105 Niche - ecosystem
- 106 Levels of Ecological Organization
- 107 Scales of Ecosystems
- 108 Difference between Environment, Ecology and Ecosystem
- 109 Ecosystem
- 110 National Parks
- 111 Acid Rain
- 112 Threats to Biodiversity and Ecosystem
