Reliance Jio issued notice over noise pollution from Pune office, gets 3 months for corrective measures

Nandini Chakraborty, a nonmigratory of Blue Ridge Society, filed specified a ailment with the MPCB successful 2023. Subsequently, MPCB officials conducted an inspection astatine Jio’s bureau and recovered that the sound levels had reached 74 decibels.

According to MPCB officials, the permissible sound levels successful residential areas are 55 decibels during the time and 45 decibels astatine night, portion for concern areas, the limits are 75 decibels during the time and 70 decibels astatine night.

An authoritative said that a proceeding successful the lawsuit was held astatine the MPCB office successful Mumbai via videoconferencing connected December 26, 2024, with Reliance Jio officials successful attendance. The committee past issued a announcement directing the institution to taxable wrong 7 days an enactment program to trim sound pollution. Additionally, the institution was fixed 3 months to instal a sound simplification system.

Jagannath Salunkhe, Regional Officer of the MPCB, said Reliance Jio indispensable taxable a study to the committee wrong 15 days detailing the measures taken to curb sound pollution. He warned that nonaccomplishment to comply with the board’s instructions would pb to ineligible action.

Speaking to The Indian Express, a Reliance Jio spokesperson said the institution would adhere to the prescribed timeline. “We person been instructed to taxable a written effect wrong 7 days and to instrumentality corrective measures wrong 3 months. We volition comply with each the indispensable precautions,” the spokesperson said.