The real time ambient noise monitoring network was launched by minister of state for environment and forests, Jairam Ramesh, in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Lucknow is a part of the network with Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Bangalore.
The plan to set up a noise monitoring network was announced by MoEF in January 2010 and UP Pollution Control Board ( UPPCB) had started putting infrastructure in place by June last year. Read the full report here.
Source: Neha Shukla, TNN, Lucknow.