The Assam Pollution Control Board vide its notification dated 6th July 2021 has directed the deputy commissioner and police commissioner to implement the scale of compensation for violation of the Noise Pollution Rules, 2000.
In order to ensure compliance of the existing rules and prevent further violation of noise level with respect to prescribed standard’s/limit and in the exercise of the power delegated to the chairman, CPCB under section 5 of environment protection act 1986 has directed the chairman, Pollution Control Board Assam to implement the scale of compensation for violation of Noise Pollution Rules, 200.
The Standards have been fixed for most of the major source of noise as well as ambient noise level in different category areas such as silence zone, commercial, industrial, and residential area.
Further, it has fixed the noise limit for generator sets run with petrol or kerosene, noise limit for automobiles, construction equipment’s etc.
