Noise levels in and around airport fixed by regulator

Following Delhi High Courts intervention,the air safety regulator has prescribed maximum permissible noise levels in the vicinity of the Indira Gandhi International Airport.

Following Delhi High Courts intervention,the air safety regulator has prescribed maximum permissible noise levels in the vicinity of the Indira Gandhi International Airport. It has also put the onus of monitoring and reporting of erring airlines on the airport operator,on a monthly basis.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has capped the maximum noise levels created by aircraft during day at 105 decibels and 95 decibels during night,according to a circular issued by it a fortnight ago. These limits will be enforced till the Central Pollution Control Board the nodal government body for specifying noise levels notifies new ones. The levels will be applicable to foreign carriers too,the circular has specified. Earlier,Residents Welfare Associations of Vasant Kunj and the Indian Spinal Injuries Centre had petitioned the court that the noise created by approaching aircraft was disturbing them.

The regulator has warned the airlines against violating the specified norms. The DGCA may take action against airlines to avoid repetition of such incidences in future, DGCA chief E K Bharat Bhushan said. It has also asked the airport operator in this case the Delhi International Airport Limited to submit a monthly report on airlines that have exceeded the permissible noise levels,maximum noise levels recorded by noise monitoring systems installed in the periphery of the airport and details of aircraft exceeding the limits.

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The DGCA will also keep a tab on the breach cases and may carry out airport surveillance on a quarterly basis to ensure proper compliance. The DGCA said it arrived at these limits after collecting real-time field data from the noise monitoring stations installed at five locations outside the IGI airport. Based on the certified noise levels for different aircraft being operated at IGI Airport and the actual field measurement,the permissible maximum and minimum noise levels for IGI airport were developed, Bhushan said.

In India,the noise levels are categorised into four industrial,residential,commercial and silence and do not specify limits for airports.

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Noise levels in and around airport fixed by regulator

Following Delhi High Courts intervention,the air safety regulator has prescribed maximum permissible noise levels in the vicinity of the Indira Gandhi International Airport.

Following Delhi High Courts intervention,the air safety regulator has prescribed maximum permissible noise levels in the vicinity of the Indira Gandhi International Airport.