<p>The high court on Friday expressed unhappiness over the government’s failure to comply with its order to control noise pollution across Bengaluru.</p>.<p>A divisional bench of Chief Justice Abhay S Oka and Mohammed Nawaz was hearing a petition filed by various organisations of Indiranagar. </p>.<p>The bench insisted that the advocate general, during the next hearing on September 13, explain the action the government has taken in the matter. </p>.<p>“We had given several directions during the hearing on July 23, including categorising silence zone and installation of a device to measure noise pollution. Despite this, the government has shown its negligence and it will not be tolerated,” the court observed. </p>.<p>After 18 years of implementation of the regulations related to prevention of noise pollution, the government is still dilly-dallying to act on it, the court noted. </p>.<p>Meanwhile, it directed the pollution control board to check pubs and bars for noise pollution.</p>.<p class="CrossHead">Artificial light tower</p>.<p>The HC issued an interim stay over the construction of the artificial light tower at Begur Lake by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike.</p>.<p>While hearing the petition filed by the Citizen Action Forum and other organisations, the divisional bench of Chief Justice Abhay S Oka and Mohammed Nawaz issued the interim stay over the civil work in the lake area.</p>
<p>The high court on Friday expressed unhappiness over the government’s failure to comply with its order to control noise pollution across Bengaluru.</p>.<p>A divisional bench of Chief Justice Abhay S Oka and Mohammed Nawaz was hearing a petition filed by various organisations of Indiranagar. </p>.<p>The bench insisted that the advocate general, during the next hearing on September 13, explain the action the government has taken in the matter. </p>.<p>“We had given several directions during the hearing on July 23, including categorising silence zone and installation of a device to measure noise pollution. Despite this, the government has shown its negligence and it will not be tolerated,” the court observed. </p>.<p>After 18 years of implementation of the regulations related to prevention of noise pollution, the government is still dilly-dallying to act on it, the court noted. </p>.<p>Meanwhile, it directed the pollution control board to check pubs and bars for noise pollution.</p>.<p class="CrossHead">Artificial light tower</p>.<p>The HC issued an interim stay over the construction of the artificial light tower at Begur Lake by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike.</p>.<p>While hearing the petition filed by the Citizen Action Forum and other organisations, the divisional bench of Chief Justice Abhay S Oka and Mohammed Nawaz issued the interim stay over the civil work in the lake area.</p>
