What are the consequences for violation of this Rule?

Any person violating the Rules is liable to be arrested under the stringent of the EPA. If the authorities do not act to stop violation of the Noise Rules, the citizen who has filed a complaint can approach the Court with his complaint after 60 days’ notice and the Court can initiate prosecution. The rules also fix different ambient air quality levels for firecrackers and industrial activities.

S.No	Area code	Category of Area / Zone	Day time	Night time
1.	(A)	Industrial area	75	70
2.	(B)	Commercial area	65	55
3.	(C)	Residential area	55	45
4.	(D)	Silence Zone	50	40

Note:

§ Day time shall mean from 6.00 a.m to 10.00 p.m

§ Night time shall mean from 10.00 p.m. to 6 a.m.

§ Silence zone is defined as an area comprising not less than 100 metres around hospitals, educational institutions and courts. The Silence Zones which are declared as such by the Competent Authority.

§ Mixed categories of areas may be declared as one of the four above-mentioned categories by the Competent Authority.*dB(A) Leq denotes the time weighted average of the level of sound in decibels on scale A which is relatable to human hearing.A “decibel” is a unit in which noise is measured.“A”, in dB(A) Leq, denotes the frequency weighting in the measurement of noise and corresponds to frequency response characteristics of the human ear.Leq:It is an energy mean of the noise level over a specified period.