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Did Maharashtra government notify any silence zone after amended rules?: HC
Updated On: 01 August, 2018 07:24 PM IST | Mumbai | PTI
The court also said that it proposes to pass an order putting all municipal corporations and district councils on notice to ensure that the rules are implemented during the upcoming festival season
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Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday sought to know from the Maharashtra government if it has notified any area in the state as silence zone pursuant to an amendment in the Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules 2000 by which all silence zones in the state stood denotified.
The court also said that it proposes to pass an order putting all municipal corporations and district councils on notice to ensure that the rules are implemented during the upcoming festival season. As per the amended rules issued by the Union government on August 10, 2017, any area/zone cannot be considered a silence area/zone until and unless a specific declaration to that effect is made or issued by the state government.
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