Monday, June 24, 2013

DGCA move for quieter airports

Chennai: If the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has its way, then major airports across the country could well become a whole lot quieter and have a much smaller carbon footprint.
In a circular sent to all airports recently, the civil aviation regulator has asked for noise monitoring systems (NMS) to be set up to figure out if Indian planes are making the right amount of noise or are a whole lot louder.
“We have asked all major airports to conduct a noise study and send us the numbers as well as an action plan to reduce the noise burden. We have very little data about how much noise is produced in and around airports so it is time we streamlined it,” said a source in the DGCA.
Applicable to airports that handle more than 50,000 aircraft movements, this means that Chennai is a prime candidate for the measures to be carried out.
24/06/13 Daniel Thimmayya/New Indian Express
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