29-04-2025
High court pulls up state for not producing sound pollution data
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Ranchi:
Jharkhand high court
on Tuesday pulled up the state govt for not having complied with its earlier order of furnishing information with regards to steps taken to curb
sound pollution
in the state.
A division bench of Chief Justice M S Ramachandra Rao and Justice Rajesh Shankar were hearing a
public interest litigation
filed by Jharkhand Civil Society, a non-govt organisation, to check sound pollution in the capital and other districts of the state. The high court had also initiated a petition suo motu in the matter.
Earlier, the court had ordered the state govt to provide district wise data of steps taken to check sound pollution. The govt affidavit revealed about steps taken in the capital by the administration to curb sound pollution. However, affidavits of the other districts with information of steps taken to check sound pollution was absent.
The court granted a last opportunity to the govt to furnish the data of all districts with regards to steps taken to control sound pollution and file the affidavit on May 6. The court also observed that the govt failed to produce information with regards to measures taken to control sound pollution during festivals.
The PIL informed that sound pollution norms have been set for residential, commercial and industrial areas, respectively by the Prevention of Sound Pollution Act. However, there is no check on the fixed sound levels, the petitioner said. The case will again be heard on May 6.
