Bangalore: The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has directed the BBMP and Police Department to declare all major traffic junctions as ‘no honking zones’ in a bid to curb noise pollution. Authorities have been asked to display signage indicating the same.
The Karnataka High Court ordered KSPCB to direct other departments to address the issue after a Residents’ Welfare Association in Malleswaram filed a PIL about the levels of noise pollution in the area.
The city police have also been directed to regulate traffic to avoid jams; identify and take action against motorists who honk “unnecessarily”; regulate loud speakers and music and seize borewell rigs if drilling is carried out between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.
The BBMP has been asked to regulate developmental activities and installation of equipment, such as generators, and to prohibit all construction, except on-going metro rail works, at night.
KSPCB has directed the Transport Department to ensure that all vehicles are fitted with authorised horns and silencers, and to take measures to avoid vehicular noise.
An inter-departmental committee, set up on the HC’s order, has decided that BBMP will construct a multi-level car park at Freedom Park and Russell Market, construct skywalks with lifts and escalators, said KSPCB in a press release.
The Police Department, meanwhile, has established a new Traffic Management Centre to manage traffic electronically.
Apart from that the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board has also decided to conduct a study jointly with the Bangalore-based National Referral Centre for Lead Poisoning in India.
All the estimated 3,000 traffic police personnel in the city will undergo the test, which is scheduled to begin next week. The 941 personnel in West Division will be the first to undergo the test, said a KSPCB official.
Identifying vehicular pollution as one of the main reasons for the presence of lead in the air of Bangalore, a Board official said the chemical accumulates in the nervous system and brain.
Additional Commissioner of Bangalore City Traffic Police B Dayanand said policemen spend at least eight hours every day on the roads as part of their duty. Some of the common complaints among traffic personnel are breathing difficulties, blocking of nose and throat pain.
The committee included the KSPCB member-secretary, BBMP Commissioner, Police Commissioner, BDA Commissioner, Transport Commissioner and BMTC Managing Director.
The Karnataka High Court ordered KSPCB to direct other departments to address the issue after a Residents’ Welfare Association in Malleswaram filed a PIL about the levels of noise pollution in the area.The city police have also been directed to regulate traffic to avoid jams; identify and take action against motorists who honk “unnecessarily”; regulate loud speakers and music and seize borewell rigs if drilling is carried out between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.
The BBMP has been asked to regulate developmental activities and installation of equipment, such as generators, and to prohibit all construction, except on-going metro rail works, at night.
KSPCB has directed the Transport Department to ensure that all vehicles are fitted with authorised horns and silencers, and to take measures to avoid vehicular noise.
An inter-departmental committee, set up on the HC’s order, has decided that BBMP will construct a multi-level car park at Freedom Park and Russell Market, construct skywalks with lifts and escalators, said KSPCB in a press release.
The Police Department, meanwhile, has established a new Traffic Management Centre to manage traffic electronically.
Apart from that the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board has also decided to conduct a study jointly with the Bangalore-based National Referral Centre for Lead Poisoning in India.
All the estimated 3,000 traffic police personnel in the city will undergo the test, which is scheduled to begin next week. The 941 personnel in West Division will be the first to undergo the test, said a KSPCB official.
Identifying vehicular pollution as one of the main reasons for the presence of lead in the air of Bangalore, a Board official said the chemical accumulates in the nervous system and brain.
Additional Commissioner of Bangalore City Traffic Police B Dayanand said policemen spend at least eight hours every day on the roads as part of their duty. Some of the common complaints among traffic personnel are breathing difficulties, blocking of nose and throat pain.
The committee included the KSPCB member-secretary, BBMP Commissioner, Police Commissioner, BDA Commissioner, Transport Commissioner and BMTC Managing Director.
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