Steps against city noise pollution demanded

Green activists have urged the authorities concerned to take immediate steps to put an end to growing sound pollution in Dhaka and other cities in the country. They said though the government has announced Sound Pollution (Control) Rules (2006) to cut sound pollution, it is hardly enforced. So, they said, the Department of Environment (DoE), city corporations, Rajuk, local government bodies and law enforcing agencies should take measures to stop the noise pollution. The demand came at a discussion, organised by ‘Poribesh Bachao Andolon (Poba)’, an environmental group, in the city, according to UNB.