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Machinery Industry: Driving Lag In Investment In The Search For Export – Construction Machinery,
Published September 15, 2011 | 
By Sell Data-than-expected growth stimulation, the recent Construction Machinery Strong share price performance, 3 since about the end of construction machinery index outperformed the Shanghai and Shenzhen 300 index 3.26 percent, of which Singapore and Malaysia Car , Hebei and publicity work Sany Heavy Industry Up more than 10%. Only three did not beat a push shares in Shanghai and Shenzhen 300 Index.
Our research point of view: Sales data in the 1-2 month saw the potential for rapid growth throughout the year. Undertake the fourth quarter of 2009 are enjoying the first quarter of 2010, the sales of construction machinery industry continued high growth year on year, 1? February industry output growth rate of 54.43% sales. 3,4 month is the annual industry sales of the traditional peak season, according to industry sales practices will naturally popular in 1,2 month to build on, we determine the first half of this year, industry sales of 3,4 months and even year and chain are expected to achieve 30% or more of the high-growth, industry leading enterprises will achieve sales of more than half of the year two-thirds of the goal to achieve profitability. Therefore, a good start in the industry Strong Sales in January data, we can determine the basic industries continued high growth throughout the first half, while annual earnings level of leading enterprises has the clarity of high growth. Strong Sales
the first half of the industry is investment-led four-trillion-lag results. In response to a once Financial Crisis, the end of 2008, China launched a four trillion investment plans, projections based on the project cycle, the first quarter of 2009, the project examination and approval and implementation of the capital phase of the second quarter of the land into the early formation of the relocation, the third quarter and fourth quarter, began to have the project into the start phase. 2009, sales of construction machinery industry is also starting from the second quarter and third quarter into the high growth, investment in basic and 4 trillion progress of the projects cycle coincide. As the third quarter, the South region of the rainy season, the fourth quarter is the cold northern winter, which will inevitably affect the normal progress of some of the projects, so the first half of this year will have a large number of investment projects into four-trillion-start the construction phase, and then coupled with the continuation of new projects last year, the construction scale, with the inevitable pull of construction machinery industry continued to maintain strong sales momentum. In addition, the domestic economy continues to rebound also led to lower demand for coal, rapid recovery, and then expand the industry’s sustained high growth of imagination.
Export recovery is the construction machinery industry in 2010 to highlight the bright spots. 2009, export delivery value of the industry declined by 49.16 percent, exports have emerged from the current recovery indications, the industry exports in 2010 will return to positive growth of 10% or more of the level. Down 49% from 10% to the growth of the great jump, will pull our lag in the investment industry in the flexibility to explore an important clue.
Regional economic revitalization and key project is an important support industry needs. Although the growth rate of investment in fixed assets this year, no more than 30% last year, the high level of growth, but the Midwest to promote the urbanization process, including the Hercynian building, Guangxi region, Wanjiang economic regions such as the revitalization plan, and the country, provincial and municipal group has already started and will soon start to focus on Construction We do not need to judge the 2010 real estate investment and industrial investment-led, will be completed investment in fixed assets of more than 20% growth level, therefore, key projects of regional economic and industry needs in 2010 will be an important support.
In short, we sell well in the first quarter of the data in the first half has seen the industry more than 30% or even higher growth potential, such high growth mainly from investment-led support for the lag effect and the demand for coal, the recovery of downstream industries and the recovery of exports jump. While entering the second half of structural adjustment and credit tightening face pressure, but the regional economic revitalization and support for key project construction industry is expected to maintain a certain level of growth, we expect industry growth in 2010 about 20%.
Industry investment rating: light industry, high growth potential, we maintain bullish investment grade sectors, especially in the first half is expected to more than 30% or even higher growth is expected to bring the industry a listed company’s share price valuation of the overall upgrade We judge that the opportunity will occur before the end of May.
Focused company recommends: Line varieties with the potential to enhance valuation: Sany Heavy Industry, Xugong, Zoomlion .
-Than-expected second-tier variety with flexibility: building work shares Liugong , Hill pushed shares.
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Leave a commentHow to Rotate Your Car’s Tires
Published September 15, 2011 | 
Rotating your vehicle’s tires is one of the easiest and most important things to do to your vehicle. It increases yours and your family’s safety and makes your tires last longer and wear better. Luckily for us, it is one of the few items of car maintenance that even the novice can do.
Items needed to rotate your tires:
2 Jacks
4 Jackstands
Tire Iron or Star Wrench
Air Gun and Compressor(opt)
Lugnut Lube(opt)
Flathead Screwdriver
WD-40
Wheel Chocks or blocks
6 Pieces of thick Plywood(opt)
Rotating tires can be a little messy, so wear older clothes that you don’t mind getting dirty. If you want to, you can use a carpet remnant to kneel on while working on the car. This will keep you a little cleaner and protect you from the rough ground.
Set your vehicle up on a level surface and set the parking brake. Make sure the vehicle won’t move by placing rocks or wheel chocks under the wheels. A concrete or asphalt driveway is fine as long as it is fairly even. Do not attempt this on a hill, that will make it unsafe.
Scissor jacks are not really that safe to use but if that’s all you have go ahead and use it, but be very careful. It is always safer and better to get a mechanical floor jack. These are only about twenty bucks and are available at auto repair stores. Pump the jack up until it just lifts the vehicle but hasn’t lifted the tires off the ground.
Place a jack on one side of your car. Looking at the vehicle, estimate the halfway point between the back and front. If on asphalt or another soft surface you may want put a board under each of the jacks and the jackstand so that it is steady and doesn’t damage the asphalt. Set the jack right under the middle point of the vehicle under the hard, steel frame. Make sure it is sitting right under the car’s frame and start pumping the jack up. Move to the other side of the vehicle and do the same thing with the other jack.
If you have hubcaps pry them off with the flathead screwdriver and then set them aside.
Now using your tire iron, star wrench, or pneumatic air gun, loosen the lugnuts on all four wheels. On some vehicles the lugnuts will loosen when turned to the right, on other vehicles, only when turned to the left.
Obviously, most people don’t have air compressors but that really makes taking off the tires a lot easier. A star wrench is second choice because it gives you a lot more power to take off the lugnuts. A tire iron doesn’t give you a lot of leverage so to improve it you might want to slip a piece of metal pipe over the end for more pulling power.
If you can’t get the lugnuts loosened spray WD-40 on them and let them sit a few minutes, then try again. If you have a star wrench you might need to attach it to the stuck lugnut and then very carefully stand on one arm of the wrench and bounce. This should make the lug finally turn. It is nice to find out your lug nuts are stuck at home when you have more tools and also the ability to drive the vehicle to a tire place with an air compressor if you have to, instead of stuck on the side of the road with a flat tire you can’t remove.
After loosening all the lug nuts, pump up the jacks and lift the vehicle in the air. Raise it slightly higher than the height of the jackstands. Set a jackstand under the frame of the car between one of the jacks and a wheel. Try to get it fairly close to the wheel. Make sure when the car is let down the frame will sit evenly on the jackstand top. Put another jackstand near the other wheel on that side and center it under the frame too. Do the same thing on the other side so that each of the four wheels has a jackstand under the frame right next to it.
Now slowly lower the jacks so that the vehicle is resting on the jackstands. Go slowly to make sure you have the jackstands evenly placed and that the car is balanced on top of them. After the car is sitting squarely on top of the jackstands make sure it is steady and move on to the next step.
Completely remove the lug nuts and then the tires from the car. As you take each of the tires off, place the lug nuts and the tire right next to the wheel well you took them off from.
Check out the inside of the wheel well. Make sure the brakes look okay and nothing looks broken or rusty. If it does you should take it in to an auto repair place and find out what’s wrong with it and whether it should get fixed.
Take one of the front tires and move it to the back on the same side of the car. Never, never, never ever switch a tire from one side of the car to the other. That used to be how tires were rotated, but all tires on non-commercial vehicles in the US are now radials and if you change the direction the tire rolls in, the belts inside it could separate and rip up the bottom of your car.
Move each of the front tires to the back of the car on the same side and then move the back tires to the front.
Put one of the tires on the car and then if using it, apply some lug nut lube and put one lug nut on. The lug nut lube allows the lug nuts to be easier to remove in the future. Some people choose to use it and others don’t. It is a matter of personal preference.
Place another lug nut on directly across the tire from the first and snug that on too. Working back and forth, replace all the lugnuts. Now tighten them all again. This will ensure they are evenly tightened and the tire is securely fastened.
Following the same procedure for all of them, remount all the tires.
Raise the vehicle up again and remove the jack stands.
Slowly lower the vehicle to the ground and remove the jacks.
Now that the entire vehicle’s weight is on the wheels tighten the lugnuts again. If you happen to have a torque wrench, tighten the lugnuts to the specs in your in your car manual or to about 80 psi. If you don’t have a torque wrench, tighten the lugnuts as tight as you can. When it is at the right tightness it should give off a squeaky sound. If you feel any doubts that you have them tight enough, or feel uncomfortable about how good of a job you’ve done on the rotation finish the tires and take it a tire store and ask them if they offer lugnut tightening for free. Many places off minor things like this. Don’t let them intimidate you for rotating your tires yourself. They make a lot of money off things like that and it is something just about anyone can do. If you can change a tire you can rotate them.
Replace the hubcaps. Before you do this you may want to write your name and phone number on the inside in case they ever fall off. Hubcaps can be expensive to replace and they fly off all the time so this at least gives you the chance to get yours back if you lose yours.
You may need to smack the hubcaps on with the palm of your hand or even gently tap them on with a cloth wrapped hammer. Work around the edge of the hubcap and make sure it has clipped on all the way around and then you’re done rotating your car’s tires.
Warnings
Large vehicles such as Suburbans or Tahoes or RVs are probably too difficult for beginners to do. Their weight requires stronger and better jacks and jackstands and if not lifted in the proper places can be unsteady. Play it safe and take these to a mechanic instead of doing it yourself.
Always be careful when having a vehicle raised up on a jack. Never allow anyone to sit inside while the vehicle is lifted and never allow children on or around the vehicle while it is in the air.
5.18-5.22 Construction Machinery Industry Information Click On Top Ten – Engineering Machinery News,
Published September 14, 2011 | 
China Construction Machinery Market News this week Focus Gallery
Zhuzhou viaduct collapse site Top of the list: Viaduct collapse, officials have said the bridge construction in accordance with international standards
Zhuzhou viaduct collapsed Zoomlion urgent action again Issue time :2009-05-20
Comment 16:24 PM on May 17th, Hongqi Road, Zhuzhou City, Hunan Province, removal of the viaduct to be part of the bridge collapse accident occurred. As to make a substantial contribution to earthquake engineering in the mechanical well-known enterprises, domestic Truck Crane Major manufacturers – Zoomlion 5 sets of the re-deployed to the scene to rescue cranes, Zoomlion party secretary Liu Chi personally supervise the rescue work site.
Table 2: Nanjing Yangtze River Tunnel Run on behalf of the highest standards in today’s China
Nanjing Yangtze River Tunnel Run is known as “the first underwater construction difficult” Issue time :2009-05-21
Comment Development and Reform Commission and the Nanjing Yangtze River Tunnel Company on the 19th, announced on behalf of China today, the highest standards of underwater tunnel construction, the national “863″ demonstration project subject Nanjing Yangtze River Tunnel, the left tunnel will be May 20 success of the morning through out the hole alluvion. National Day this year, before the right lane tunnel will link, will be about half a year later internal Decoration And equipment installation. The tunnel will be opened next year in June.
List three: 5.12 Sichuan Gansu Shaanxi earthquake anniversary of the Six promote post-disaster reconstruction Issue time :2009-05-18
Comments In the State Council “and strive to be completed within two years, the basic objective of the original three-year mission” of the request, also based on “Wenchuan Earthquake Restoration and Reconstruction Master Plan” proposed in the building program, so far, Sichuan, Gansu and Shaanxi provinces repair and reinforcement of rural housing has been completed 99.5%; housing reconstruction starts are down 95.7%, 76.6% completed. Railways, highways, airports and other important transportation infrastructure has been fully repair and restore the use of functions, disaster has damaged 93% of trunk roads under construction, completed 15% of rural roads rehabilitation and reconstruction. As of the end of April 2009, Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi Province has completed an investment of post-disaster restoration and reconstruction of more than 3600 billion yuan, accounting for about one-third the total investment plan.
Table 4: Hunan Province from January to April this year, fell severely Engineering Machinery Import & Export Issue time :2009-05-21
Comments Engineering Machinery is the leading import and export of electromechanical products in Hunan industry, accounting for one third of province’s import and export of electromechanical products. But since last year by Financial Impact of the crisis, a serious decline in import and export of construction machinery, 1-April the province of construction machinery exports fell 56.88%, higher than the export of electromechanical products the province fell 25.11 points, directly affect the mechanical and electrical products import and export of the province.
INTERMAT Construction Machinery Exhibition Table 5: Unparalleled beauty INTERMAT excellent review (Figure) Issuance time :2009-05-18
Comment 20-25 days in April 2009, with the Munich exhibition, Las Vegas show to the world with three major construction machinery exhibition INTERMAT2009-Paris, France, International Construction and Building Materials Industrial equipment, machinery and technology exhibition Paris, France, held in North Villepinte, a worldwide construction equipment industry event, the gray background for the economic crisis adds a touch of bright colors.
When you see the global giant Caterpillar debut Volvo Wonderful show, presentations, etc. Doosan equipment, the Chinese Army is also no less, divided by the booth area to attract large audiences, get more from a pragmatic point of view, the introduction of new products actively, demonstrate new technology, this is a construction machinery industry event With so many beautiful facility, with the industry’s hard to pay people, Paris, France, North Villepinte, beautiful, Unparalleled!
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The 2009 Import and Export Market for Concrete Pumps in Latin America
Published September 14, 2011 | The 2009 Import and Export Market for Concrete Pumps in Latin America
On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners approaching the market in Latin America face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying concrete pumps to Latin America? What is the dollar value of these imports? How much do the imports of concrete pumps vary from one country to another in Latin America? Do exporters serving the market in Latin America have similar market shares across the importing countries? On the supply side, Latin America also sells to the international market of concrete pumps. Which countries in Latin America supply the most exports of concrete pumps? Which countries are buying their exports? What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers? This report was created for strategic planners, international marketing executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for concrete pumps in Latin America. With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view. Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics that appear several years after the fact. I have developed a methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for concrete pumps for those countries serving Latin America via exports or supplying from Latin America via imports. We do so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models.
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Published September 13, 2011 | 
Why do 1 in 5 Americans Perceive Obama as a Muslim?
Published September 13, 2011 | 
US President has turned up a hornet’s nest with his suggestion that a mosque be built on ground zero where the twin towers of the World Trade Center existed in New York. Now speculations are rife that he is recommending this probably because he is a Muslim, as his name suggests.
According to a recent poll by Pew Research Centre, close to one in every five Americans think wrongly that Obama is a Muslim, which is a far higher number than people who thought the same when he took up residence in the White House.
The survey was conducted by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center and its affiliated Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life and was based on interviews conducted before the controversy over whether Muslims should be permitted to construct a mosque near the World Trade Center site.
Little idea about their president
Only 34% of people polled correctly answered that Obama is a Christian. 43% said they had no clue about his religion, showing how little the Americans knew about the person who holds the privilege of being the ‘most powerful man on the planet’.
Most of the people (close to 60% of the respondents who felt he was a Muslim) said their perceptions were largely influenced by media information or mis-information in this case. And this feeling gained momentum once he supported suggestions by Muslim groups to construct an Islamic cultural centre and mosque near the 9/11 terror attack site.
The issue about the has also brought to the fore, the underlying and growing religious intolerance of US citizens, who consider all brown-skinned people as Pakistanis, unaware about the diversity of the different cultures in the Asian sub-continent.
Xenophobia has become rife in a country which was better known as the land for the free and fearless at one point of time. But post-9/11, people are on the edge and distrust most Asians, which is unfair.
Where ignorance is bliss, is it truly folly to be wise?
The Pew survey results show how important a role the media plays when it tries to influence people with their perception of reality. With the current viewpoint about Obama’s religion, his political career could see a period of turmoil, since most Americans have a not so favorable view about Muslims.
When Obama supported the creation of a mosque on ground zero, doubts started creeping into the citizens’ mind about his religious beliefs, which could have a direct impact on his popularity. He has already faced a lot of opposition on the health reform bill which he pushed through the Senate and the Pew poll shows that now 41% of respondents disapprove of his job performance as compared to 26% who voiced their disapproval in the agency’s March 2009 poll.
Following this poll Joshua DuBois, White House faith adviser shared his unhappiness and blamed certain factions in the media and his opponents for creating this wrong impression. “While the president has been diligent and personally committed to his own Christian faith, there are certainly folks who are intent on spreading falsehoods about the president and his values and beliefs,” he reportedly said.
Now the White House’s public relations machinery will have to work on an overdrive to highlight that Obama was actually born to a Kenyan father and an American mother. He grew up in Hawaii when his father left for Africa, when Obama was just two. He was raised by his maternal grandparents and incidentally his grandfather, Hussein Onyango Obama, was a Muslim.
The bone of contention
The Islamic educational culture centre which also houses a mosque whose construction Obama supported is actually two blocks away from Ground Zero. This 13-story building is led by the Cordoba Initiative, which is headed by Imam Faisal Abdul Rauf, a cleric with a mosque in New York, who also belongs to an advocacy group that promotes improved relations between Islam and the West.
The group aims to educate local masses about the actual teachings of the Islam and showcase that the religion is not fundamentalist in nature nor does it preach hatred. The message that the group wanted to spread is that ordinary Muslim Americans and most Muslims around the world do not subscribe to the terror attacks carried out by a minority faction in their community, under the guise of religion.
Ironically, their centre itself has now come in the eye of the storm, with strong opposition from major Republican leaders. Amongst them is former House Speaker Newt Gingrich who claimed that “Nazis do not have the right to put up a sign next to the Holocaust Museum in Washington. We would never accept the Japanese putting up a sight next to Pearl Harbor. There is no reason for us to accept a mosque next to the World Trade Center.”
Obama on the other hand tried to fervently convince his opponents, during an iftar dinner (a dinner which signals the end of a day-long fast during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan) telling that the believed that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as every other person in this country. And if they wish to build a place of worship and a community center on private property in lower Manhattan, in accordance with local laws and ordinances, then such a move should not be opposed.
Bouquets and brickbats thrown in together
Obama has found some supporters for his move like New York City Mayor Michael R Bloomberg, who also supported the planned mosque. He described that Obama’s views were “a clarion defense of the freedom of religion”. But Republicans like former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin asked Obama, whether they should permit the building of the mosque steps away from where radical Islamists killed 3000 people?
The mosque is just a symbol now which shows what the general public opinion is about religious tolerance, especially a religion which has unfortunately been linked to most terror attacks to the world over. Co-relating its construction with the perceived religious beliefs or even the religion that the President of United States subscribes is not only foolish, but also counter-productive to his detractors in the long run.
Obama’s overtures to the construction of the Islamic center is a positive step in telling the world that the US is not prejudiced against any religion and supports their right to practice it peacefully in the country. One can only hope that his political peers see how this message will help assuage millions who have been trained to believe that the US is a demon to hated and feared and then inducted in terror camps in certain countries.
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26 World Record Holders: Tallest and Largest Structures
Published September 13, 2011 | 
See some of the world’s greatest architectural and engineering achievements. Here’s a list of the world’s most
notable structures – the highest, most massive and longest.
1. NTT Docomo Yoyogi Building: World’s Tallest Clock Tower
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Standing at 240 meters or 790 ft tall, the NTT Docomo Yoyogi Building in Tokyo, Japan, is the tallest clock tower
in the world after the installation of a clock in 2002. The clock was installed to commemorate NTT Docomo’s 10th
anniversary. The clock is 15-meter in diameter and became operational in November 2002. This building is also
the 3rd tallest building in Tokyo.
2. Gerbrandy Tower: World’s Largest Christmas Tree
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The Gerbrandy Tower in the Netherlands is a tower built in 1961 for directional radio services and for FM and
TV-broadcasting. Its height is reduced several times and now stands at 366.8 meters tall. During Christmas time,
lamps are put on the guys and make the tower the biggest Christmas tree in the world. There were plans to limit
these decorations to once every 5 years, but sponsoring has allowed the seasonal lighting to be put up every
year so far.
3. Shanghai World Financial Center: World’s Highest Observation Deck
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The Shanghai World Financial Center, a supertall skyscraper in Shanghai, China, contains the highest
observation deck at a height of 474 meters or 1,555 ft high located on the 100th floor. It is currently the
world’s tallest completed building by roof.
4. Bayer Cross Leverkusen: World’s Largest Illuminated Advertisement
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The Bayer Cross Leverkusen which is hanged on two 118 meter steel tower with a diameter of 51 meters and
weighs 300 tons is the largest illuminated advertisement in the world. The advertisement is for Bayer, the
multinational pharmaceutical company based in Leverkusen. It takes 1,712 40-Watt bulbs to light the display.
In 2003, the Bayer Cross was overhauled completely.
5. Petronas Twin Towers: World’s Tallest Twin Towers
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The Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia are the world’s tallest twin towers. They were the world’s
tallest buildings, before being surpassed by Taipei 101.
6. Bahrain World Trade Center: World’s First Skyscraper with Wind Turbine
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The Bahrain World Trade Center is a 240 m (787 ft) high twin tower complex located in Bahrain. The building
is the first skyscraper in the world to integrate wind turbines into its design. Three bridges connect the towers;
each holding one large wind turbine with a nameplate capacity of 225kW each, totaling to 675kW of wind
energy production. These turbines, each measuring 29 m (32 yd) in diameter, face north, which is the direction
from which air from the Persian Gulf, blows in. The wind turbines provide 11% to 15% of the towers’ total power
consumption. They are expected to operate 50% of the time in a day.
7. Suvarnabhumi Airport: World’s Tallest Control Tower
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Suvarnabhumi Airport also known as New Bangkok International Airport has the world’s tallest control tower at a
height of 132.2 meters high. It also has the world’s third largest single-building airport terminal (563,000 m²).
8. Basilica of the Holy Cross of the Valley of the Fallen: World’s Largest Memorial Cross
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The cross at the Basílica de la Santa Cruz del Valle de los Caídos (Basilica of the Holy Cross of the Valley of
the Fallen) in Spain with a height of 152.4 meters high is the tallest memorial cross in the world.
9. Hassan II Mosque: World’s Highest Minaret
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At 210 meters or 689 ft high, the minaret of the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca, Morocco is the highest in the
World. The mosque is the largest in Morocco and the third largest mosque in the world after. It can accommodate
25,000 worshippers. A further 80,000 can be accommodated in the mosque’s adjoining grounds.
10. Ushiku Daibutsu: World’s Tallest Statue
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Standing at 120 meters or 394 feet tall, the Ushiku Daibutsu located in Japan, is the world’s tallest statue.
It depicts Amitabha Buddha and is plated with bronze. It is also known as Ushiku Arcadia. The statue weighs
4,000 tons. The length of the left hand is 18 m, the face is 20 m the eye is 2.5 m and the first finger is 7
meters. Inside the statue is a four story building, which serves as a museum.
11. Millau Viaduct: World’s Highest Vehicular Bridge
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With one mast’s summit at 343 meter or 1,125 ft, the Millau Viaduct, a large cable-stayed road bridge in France,
is considered as the tallest vehicular bridge in the world. It is slightly taller than the Eiffel Tower. The viaduct is
part of the A75-A71 autoroute axis from Paris to Beziers. The bridge won the 2006 IABSE Outstanding Structure
Award.
12. Kingda Ka: World’s Tallest and Fastest Rollercoaster
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At a speed of 128 miles per hour or 206 km/h, the Kingda Ka, a roller coaster located at Six Flags Great
Adventure in New Jersey, USA, is the fastest roller coaster in the world. The main top hat tower has a height
of 456 feet or 139.5 meters making the Kingda Ka roller coaster the tallest in the world. Due to aviation safety
concerns, the tower is equipped with three dual strobes: 2 mid-way up, and one on the top.
13. Singapore Flyer: World’s Highest Ferris Wheel
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Reaching 42 stories high, the Singapore Flyer, a giant Ferris wheel in Singapore, is currently the largest Ferris
wheel in the world. It has a total height of 165 meters or 541 ft. The Star of Nanchang is shorter by 5 m or 16 ft
and the London Eye by 30 m or 98 ft. Each of the 28 air-conditioned capsules is capable of holding 28
passengers, and a complete rotation of the wheel takes approximately 30 minutes.
14. Henninger-Turm: World’s Tallest Storage Silo
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The 120 meters or 394 feet tall Henninger-Turm or Henninger Tower, a grain storage silo in Germany with a
storage capacity of 16,000 tons of barley, is the tallest storage silo. The 33-story high tower built from 1959 to
1961 and has two rotating restaurants at the height of 101 and 106 meters and an open-air observation deck
at the height of 110 meters or 361 ft. Te tower has been closed to the public while plans to destroy the tower
and replace it with a new one were abandoned.
15. Gliwice Radio Tower: World’s Tallest Wooden Structure
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The 118 meter high Gliwice Radio Tower or Silesian Eiffel Tower, the transmission tower of the Gliwice, Upper
Silesia in Poland is considered as the tallest wooden structure in the world. It is designed to carry aerials for
medium wave broadcasting, but the transmitter is not in service any more.
16. Spire of Dublin: World’s Tallest Spire
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At 120 meters or 390 feet tall, the Monument of Light or commonly called the Spire of Dublin, a large, stainless
steel, pin-like monument located on the site of the former Nelson’s Pillar in Dublin, is regarded as the tallest
spire in the world.
17. CN Tower: World’s Tallest Concrete Tower
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At a height of 553.33 meters or 1,815.4 feet, the CN Tower in Ontario, Canada, a communications and
observation tower, is the world’s tallest concrete tower. Although it was surpassed in height by the still-
under-construction Burj Dubai, it remains the tallest free-standing structure in the Americas and the signature
icon of Toronto’s skyline, attracting more than two million international visitors annually.
18. Tokyo Tower: World’s Tallest Self-supporting Structure
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Standing at 333 meters or 1,091 feet tall, Tokyo Tower, a communication and observation tower in Tokyo,
Japan, is the tallest self-supporting steel structure in the world. It is also the tallest artificial structure in Japan.
It is an Eiffel tower-inspired lattice tower that is painted white and international orange to comply with air safety
regulations.
19. Fuhrlander Wind Turbine Laasow: World’s Tallest Wind Turbine
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A wind turbine named Fuhrlander Wind Turbine Laasow built in 2006 in Brandenburg, Germany which consists
of 160 meter lattice tower that carries a rotor 90 meters in diameter – is the tallest wind turbine in the world.
20. Kiev TV Tower: World’s Tallest Freestanding Lattice Steel Tower
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Standing at 385 meters or 1,263 feet high, the Kiev TV Tower, a lattice steel tower built in 1973 in Kiev,
Ukraine, for radio and television broadcasting, is considered as the tallest freestanding lattice steel construction
in the world. It was made of steel pipe of various diameters and thicknesses. The structure weighs 2,700 metric
tons. The tower is unique in that no mechanical fasteners are used in the structure: every joint, pipe and fixture
is attached by welding.
21. KVLY-TV Mast: World’s Tallest Artificial Structure
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The KVLY-TV mast is a 2,063 ft (629 m) tall television-transmitting mast in North Dakota, USA is the tallest
artificial structure upon the completion of its construction in 1963. The mast was surpassed in height by 57
ft or 17 m in 1974 by the Warszawa Radio Mast near Poland which collapsed in 1991, making the KVLY-TV
Mast again the tallest structure on land.
22. Belmont Transmitting Station: World’s Tallest Guyed Tubular Steel Mast
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Standing a total height of 387.5 meters or 1,271 feet, the Belmont Transmitting Station, a broadcasting and
telecommunications facility, is considered to be the tallest structure of its kind in the world. It is located in
Lincolnshire, England. It has a guyed tubular steel mast, with a lattice upper section. Taller masts, such as
the KVLY-TV mast in the US, use steel lattice construction. The Belmont Transmitting Station is the tallest
structure of any type in the UK and also the tallest structure within the European Union.
23. Nurek Dam: World’s Highest Dam
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At 300 meters or 984 feet, the Nurek Dam in Tajikistan is currently the highest dam in the world. It was
completed in 1980. The dam is located in a deep gorge along the Vakhsh River in western Tajikistan,
about 75 km or 47 miles east of the nation’s capital of Dushanbe.
24. GRES-2 Power Station: World’s Tallest Chimney
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At 419.7 meters or 1,377 feet high, the flue gas stack of the GRES-2 Power Station or Power Station Ekibastuz,
a power generating station in Kazakhstan and one of the largest coal-fired power stations in the world has the
world’s tallest chimney. Locals refer to it as “the Cigarette Lighter”.
25. Anaconda Smelter Stack: Largest Free Standing Masonry Structure
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The Anaconda Smelter Stack is a radial brick smoke stack in Anaconda, Montana, USA. The stack rests on a
concrete foundation and measures 585 feet or 178 m high. The inside diameter of the stack is 75 feet or 23 m
at the bottom and 60 feet or 18 m at the top. The wall thickness ranges from six feet at the bottom to two feet
at the top. It was completed in 1919 and was the tallest masonry structure of any kind in the world. The Stack
remains the tallest and possibly largest free standing masonry structure in the world. An interesting note is that
the Washington Monument would easily fit inside.
26. San Jacinto Monument: World’s Tallest Monument Tower
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At 579 feet or 173.7 meters high, the San Jacinto Monument in Texas, USA is the world’s tallest monument
tower. The monument is topped with a 220-ton star that commemorates the site of the Battle of San Juan,
the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution. It is 12 feet or 3.7 m taller than the next tallest, the Washington
Monument.
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Published September 13, 2011 | The World Market for Concrete Pumps: A 2011 Global Trade Perspective
This report was created for strategic planners, international executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for concrete pumps. With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view. Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics that appear several years after the fact. I have developed a methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for concrete pumps for those countries serving the world market via exports or supplying from various countries via imports. I do so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models. On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners approaching the world market face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying concrete pumps? What is the dollar value of these imports? How much do the imports of concrete pumps vary from one country to another? Do exporters serving the world market have similar market shares across the importing countries? Which countries supply the most exports of concrete pumps? Which countries are buying their exports? What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers?
The 2011 Import and Export Market for Concrete Pumps in Oceana
On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners approaching the market in Oceana face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying concrete pumps to Oceana? What is the dollar value of these imports? How much do the imports of concrete pumps vary from one country to another in Oceana? Do exporters serving the market in Oceana have similar market shares across the importing countries? On the supply side, Oceana also sells to the international market of concrete pumps. Which countries in Oceana supply the most exports of concrete pumps? Which countries are buying their exports? What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers? This report was created for strategic planners, international marketing executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for concrete pumps in Oceana. With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view. Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics that appear several years after the fact. I have developed a methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for concrete pumps for those countries serving Oceana via exports or supplying from Oceana via imports. We do so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models.
In what follows, Chapter 2 begins by summarizing where Oceana fits into the world market for imported and exported concrete pumps. The total level of imports and exports on a worldwide basis, and those for Oceana in particular, is based on a model which aggregates across over 150 key country markets and projects these to the current year. From there, each country represents a percent of the world market. This market is served from a number of competitive countries of origin. Based on both demand- and supply-side dynamics, market shares by country of origin are then calculated across each country market
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Published September 12, 2011 | 
Environment pollution is assuming dangerous proportions all through the globe and India is not free from this poisonous disease. This is the gift of modern living, industrialization and urbanization. Unless timely action is taken we have a forbid and bleak future for the world.
The word noise is derived from the Latin term nausea. It has been defined as unwanted sound, a potential hazard to health and communication dumped into the environment with regard to the adverse effect it may have on unwilling ears.1
Noise is defined as unwanted sound. Sound, which pleases the listeners, is music and that which causes pain and annoyance is noise. At times, what is music for some can be noise for others2
Section 2 (a) of the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 includes noise in the definition of ‘air pollutant’.
Section 2(a) air pollution means any solid, liquid or gaseous substance including noise present in the atmosphere such concentration as may be or tent to injurious to human beings or other living creatures or plants or property or environment.
According to Encyclopedia Britannica:In acoustic noise is defined as any undesired sound.3
In chambers 21st Century Dictionary the definition of noise has undergone a change. Noise pollution stands carved out as phrase separately from noise. The two are defined as under:
Noise- a sound; a harsh disagreeable sound, or such sound; a din. Pollution- an excessive or annoying degree of noise in a particular area, e.g. from traffic or aero plane engines.
Pollution is a noise derived from the verb pollute. Section 2 (c ) of the Environment (Protection ) Act, 1986 defines environmental pollution to mean the presence in the environment of any environmental pollutant. Section 2 (b) of the said Act defines environmental pollutant to means any solid, liquid or gaseous substance present in such concentration as may be ,or tends to be injurious to environment.
Noise can be described as sound without agreeable musical quality or as an unwanted or undesired sound. Thus noise can be taken as a group of laud, non harmonious sounds or vibrations that are unpleasant and irritating to ear.
2 Measurement:-
A decibel is the standard for the measurement of noise. The zero on a decibel scale is at the threshold of hearing, the lowest sound pressure that can be heard, on the scale acc. To smith, 20 db is whisper, 40 db the noise in a quiet office . 60 db is normal conversation, 80 db is the level at which sound becomes physically painful.
The Noise quantum of some of the cities in our country indicate their pitch in decibel in the nosiest areas of corresponding cities, e.g. Delhi- 80 db, Kolkata – 87,Bombay-85, Chennai-89 db etc.
3 Sources of Noise Pollution:- Noise pollution like other pollutants is also a by- product of industrialization, urbanizations and modern civilization.
Broadly speaking , the noise pollution has two sources, i.e. industrial and non- industrial. The industrial source includes the noise from various industries and big machines working at a very high speed and high noise intensity. Non- industrial source of noise includes the noise created by transport/vehicular traffic and the neighborhood noise generated by various noise pollution can also be divided in the categories , namely, natural and manmade. Most leading noise sources will fall into the following categories: roads traffic, aircraft, railroads, construction, industry, noise in buildings, and consumer products
1. Road Traffic Noise:-
In the city, the main sources of traffic noise are the motors and exhaust system of autos , smaller trucks, buses, and motorcycles. This type of noise can be augmented by narrow streets and tall buildings, which produce a canyon in which traffic noise reverberates.
2. Air Craft Noise: -
Now-a-days , the problem of low flying military aircraft has added a new dimension to community annoyance, as the nation seeks to improve its nap-of the- earth aircraft operations over national parks, wilderness areas , and other areas previously unaffected by aircraft noise has claimed national attention over recent years.
3. Noise from railroads: -
The noise from locomotive engines, horns and whistles, and switching and shunting operation in rail yards can impact neighboring communities and railroad workers. For example, rail car retarders can produce a high frequency, high level screech that can reach peak levels of 120 dB at a distance of 100 feet, which translates to levels as high as 138, or 140 dB at the railroad worker’s ear.
4. Construction Noise:-
The noise from the construction of highways , city streets , and buildings is a major contributor to the urban scene . Construction noise sources include pneumatic hammers, air compressors, bulldozers, loaders, dump trucks (and their back-up signals), and pavement breakers.
5. Noise in Industry: -
Although industrial noise is one of the less prevalent community noise problems, neighbors of noisy manufacturing plants can be disturbed by sources such as fans, motors, and compressors mounted on the outside of buildings Interior noise can also be transmitted to the community through open windows and doors, and even through building walls. These interior noise sources have significant impacts on industrial workers, among whom noise- induced hearing loss is unfortunately common.
6. Noise in building: -
Apartment dwellers are often annoyed by noise in their homes, especially when the building is not well designed and constructed. In this case, internal building noise from plumbing, boilers, generators, air conditioners, and fans, can be audible and annoying. Improperly insulated walls and ceilings can reveal the soundof-amplified music, voices, footfalls and noisy activities from neighboring units. External noise from emergency vehicles, traffic, refuse collection, and other city noises can be a problem for urban residents, especially when windows are open or insufficiently glazed.
7. Noise from Consumer products:-
Certain household equipment, such as vacuum cleaners and some kitchen appliances have been and continue to be noisemakers, although their contribution to the daily noise dose is usually not very large.
4 Harmful Effects:
On Human Being, Animal and Property: Noise has always been with the human civilization but it was never so obvious, so intense, so varied & so pervasive as it is seen in the last of this century. Noise pollution makes men more irritable. The effect of noise pollution is multifaceted & inter related. The effects of Noise Pollution on Human Being, Animal and property are as follows:
I It decreases the efficiency of a man:- Regarding the impact of noise on human efficiency there are number of experiments which print out the fact that human efficiency increases with noise reduction. A study by Sinha & Sinha in India suggested that reducing industrial booths could improve the quality of their work. Thus human efficiency is related with noise.
II Lack of concentration:- For better quality of work there should be concentration , Noise causes lack of concentration. In big cities , mostly all the offices are on main road. The noise of traffic or the loud speakers of different types of horns divert the attention of the people working in offices.
III Fatigue:- Because of Noise Pollution, people cannot concentrate on their work. Thus they have to give their more time for completing the work and they feel tiring
IV Abortion is caused: – There should be cool and calm atmosphere during the pregnancy. Unpleasant sounds make a lady of irriative nature. Sudden Noise causes abortion in females.
V It causes Blood Pressure: – Noise Pollution causes certain diseases in human. It attacks on the person’s peace of mind. The noises are recognized as major contributing factors in accelerating the already existing tensions of modern living. These tensions result in certain disease like blood pressure or mental illness etc.
VI Temporary of permanent Deafness:- The effect of nose on audition is well recognized. Mechanics , locomotive drivers, telephone operators etc. All have their hearing . Impairment as a result of noise at the place of work. Physictist, physicians & psychologists are of the view that continued exposure to noise level above. 80 to 100 db is unsafe, Loud noise causes temporary or permanent deafness.
VII EFFECT ON VEGETATION Poor quality of Crops:- Now is well known to all that plants are similar to human being. They are also as sensitive as man. There should be cool & peaceful environment for their better growth. Noise pollution causes poor quality of crops in a pleasant atmosphere.
VIII EFFECT ON ANIMAL:- Noise pollution damage the nervous system of animal. Animal looses the control of its mind. They become dangerous.
IX EFFECT ON PROPERTY:- Loud noise is very dangerous to buildings, bridges and monuments. It creates waves which struck the walls and put the building in danger condition. It weakens the edifice of buildings.
5 Legal Control:-
(a) Constitution of India
Right to Life:- Article 21 of the Constitution guarantees life and personal liberty to all persons. It is well settled by repeated pronouncements of the Supreme Court that right to life enshrined in Article 21 is not of mere survival or existence. It guarantees a right of persons to life with human dignity. Any one who wishes to live in peace, comfort and quiet within his house has a right to prevent the noise as pollutant reaching him.
Right to Information:- Every one has the right to information know about the norms and conditions on which Govt. permit the industry which effect the environment.
Right to Religion and Noise:- Right to religion does not include right to perform religious activities on loud speaker and electronic goods which produce high velocity of noise.
Directive Principal of State Policy:- The state has the object to make the enviorment pollution free.
Fundamental Duties:- every citizen of the country has the fundamental duty to clean the environment.
(b) Cr.P.C. Section 133
Here Section 133 is of great importance. Under Crpc. Section 133 the magisterial court have been empowered to issue order to remove or abate nuisance caused by noise pollution Sec 133 empower an executive magistrate to interfere and remove a public nuisance in the first instance with a conditional order and then with a permanent one. The provision can be utilized in case of nuisance of environment nature. He can adopt immediate measure to prevent danger or injury of a serious land to the public. For prevention of danger to human life, health or safety the magistrate can direct a person to abstain from certain acts.
(c) I.P.C. Public Nuisance 268-295
Chapter IV of Indian Penal code deals with offences relating to public health, safety, ….decency , morals under Sections 268, 269, 270, 279, 280, 287, 288, 290 291 294. Noise pollution can be penalized with the help of above section. Private remedies suits in the area may related to public nuisance under A299. This article punishment in case of Public nuisance law of torts covers. A person is guilty of public nuisance who does any act or is guilty of an illegal omission which causes any common injury, danger, or annoyance to the pubic or to the people in general who dwell or occupy property in the vicinity or which must necessarily cause injury, obstruction danger or annoyance to persons who may have occasion to use any public right. A common nuisance is not excused on the ground that it causes some convenience or advantage. Who ever commits a public nuisance in any case not otherwise punishable by this code, shall be punished with fine, which may extend to Rs. 200.
(d) Law of Torts Noise pollution is considered as civil wrong:-
Under law of torts , a civil suit can be filed claiming damages for the nuisance. For filing a suit under law of torts a plaintiff is required to comply with some of the requirement of tort of nuisance which are as follows:-
1. There should be reasonable interference.
2. Interference should be with the use & enjoyment of land.
3. In an action for nuisance actual damage is required to be proved. As a general rule either the presence or absence of malice does not matter. But in some cases deviation from the rule has been made.
In Christe Vs Davey The extent of noise & the amount of disturbance caused there by was ignored & it was held that the noise which arose due to the practice of lawful profession, & without any malice, could not be considered to be actionable nuisance.
In Hollywood Silver Fox Farm Ltd. Vs Emmett It was held that presence of malice was a factor in determining liability for noise amounting to nuisance. The court said that even on his won land was nuisance, & the defendant was liable in damages.
(e) Factories Act Reduction of Noise and Oil of Machinery:- The Factories Act does not contain any specific provision for noise control. However, unde the Third Schedule Sections 89 and 90 of the Act, noise induced hearing loss, is mentioned as notifiable disease. Similarly, under the Modal Rules, limits for noise exposure for work zone area have been prescribed.
(f) Motor Vehicle Act. Provision Relation to use of horn and change of Engine:- In Motor veichle Act rules regarding use horns and any modification in engine are made.
(g) Noise Pollution Control Rule 2000 under Environment Protection Act 1996 :-
Further for better regulation for noise pollution There are The Noise Pollution ( Regulation and Control ) Rules, 2000 – in order to curb the growing problem of noise pollution the government of India has enacted the noise pollution rules 2000 that includes the following main provisions:-
# The state government may categories the areas in the industrial or commercial or residential
# The ambient air quality standards in respect of noise for different areas have been specified.
# State government shall take measure for abatement of noise including noise emanating from vehicular movement and ensure that the existing noise levels do not exceed the ambient air quality standards specified under these rules.
# An area not less than 100 m around hospitals educations institutions and court may be declare as silence are for the purpose of these rules.
# A loud speaker or a public address system shall not be used except after obtaining written permission from the authority and the same shall not be used at night. Between 10 pm to 6 am
# A person found violating the provisions as to the maximum noise permissible in any particular area shall be liable to be punished for it as per the provision of these rules and any other law in force.
Schedule
(see rule 3(l) and 4(l)
Ambient Air Quality Standards in respect of Noise
Area Code Category of Area/Zone Limits in dB(A) Leq *
Day Time NightTime
(A) Industrial area 75 70
(B) Commercial area 65 55
(C) Residential area 55 45
(D) Silence Zone 50 40
*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.
6 Judiciary And Noise Pollution :-
In Raghunandan Prasad5 the engine of a factory was causing noise so as to be a serious nuisance to be the people living in the neighborhood the forbade the working of engine from 9 P.M. to 5 A.M.
In Mauj Raghu6 A rice mill working at night during season will not disentitle the inhabitants of locality to relief under this section if it is established that such working is a nuisance.
In Ram Avtar7 The appellant carried on a trade of auctioning vegetable in private house the noise caused by the auctioning caused discomfort to person living in society. An order was passed restraining auctioning g of vegetable in the their house. It was held by supreme court that the order was not justified merely because the applicant carried on auctioning gin connection with which the carts were brought they could not be taken as cause of problem Section 133 was held not intended to stoop such trades merely because of discomfort caused by the noise.
In Himmat Singh8 Where there were fodder tals in a residential colony to which fodder was brought daily during nights by trucks which were unloaded in the morning and fodder was cut during the day by electric operated machines. It was held that the carrying on the trades causing intolerable noises emanating offensive smells and spreading dust containing articles of fodder cut was public nuisance as noise pollution.
Some other important cases are also have great relevance in this regard:
In Govind singh9 the court examined the emerging parameters of public nuisance. The supreme court on special leave to appeal noted that the evidence disclosed the emission of smoke injurious to health and physical comfort of people living or working in the proximity of appellant bakery and held this as a case of public nuisance.
In Maulan Mufti Syed and Other10 V. State Of West Bengal AIR 1999 CAL 15 The court held imposition of restriction on the use of microphone and loud speakers by the state government between 9 pm to 7 am which inter alia include recitation of azan on microphone in early hours before 7 AM is not violative of Article 25 of constitution guaranteeing of freedom of religion.
Latest authority of supreme court is a land mark judgment in the field of noise pollution.
In Re: Noise Pollution11 Following important observations have been made by Supreme court regarding noise pollution which are discussed as follows:-
Facts of the case:
Anil mittal an engineer filed this case . the immediate reason for this was that a 13 years old girl was a victim of rape he cries for held and went unheard due to blaring sound of loudspeakers noise music over loud speakers in the neighbor hood. the Petitioner complain of noise created by the use of loudspeakers being used in religious performances or singing bhajans and the like in busy commercial hi fi audio systems are used.
– There are rules framed by the government regarding noise pollution and known as Noise Pollution control and Regulation Rules, 1999. On 11-10-2002 govt brought in an amendment in the rules. The amendment empowered the state government to permit use of loudspeakers or public address system during night hours between 10 pm to 12 pm in the mid night on or during the cultural or religious occasions for a limited period not exceeding 15 days.
– In this case supreme observed that Right to life enshrined in Article 21 is not of mere survival or existence. It guarantees a right of persons to life with human dignity. There in are included all the aspects of life which go to make a person life meaningful complete and worth living. Every body who wished to live in peace , comfort and quiet with in his house has a right to prevent the noise as pollutant reaching him. No one claim a right to noise to create noise even in his own premises which would travel beyond his precincts and cause nuisance to neighbors or others.
7 Conclusion:-
We have made the law relating to noise pollution but there is need to creating general awareness towards the hazardous effects of noise pollution. Particularly, in our country the people generally lack consciousness of the ill effects which noise pollution creates ad how the society including they themselves stand to beneficiary preventing generation and emission of noise pollution. The target area should be educational institutions and more particularly school. The young children of impressionable age should be motivated to desist from playing with firecrackers, use of high sound producing equipments and instruments on festivals, religious and social functions, family get-togethers and celebrations etc. which cause noise pollution. Suitable chapters can be added into textbooks, which teach civic sense to the children and teach them how to be good and responsible citizen which would include learning by heart of various fundamental duties and that would obliviously include learning not to create noise pollution and to prevent if generated by others. Holding of special talks and lectures can be organized in the schools to highlight the menance of noise pollution and the role of the children in preventing it . For these purpose the state must pay its role by the support and cooperation of non-government organizations (NGOs) can also be enlisted.
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