new delhi the state governments environment department claims to have initiated an action plan to limit noise in the capital by using sound limiters which will be mandatory for any public address system or audio systemthe department in a report submitted to the national green tribunal said a system has been devised where the district administration and delhi police have been empowered to initiate fines against individuals not making use of sound limiters or violating noise normssound limiters are devices that reduce the range of the sound being emitted as well as its intensity making them fairly effective in neighbourhood eventsunder the aforesaid notification no audio system or public address system will be let outinstalled without being fitted with a sound limiter delhi government has also authorised the district magistratecommissioner of police or any other officer not below the rank of deputy superintendent of police and similarly placed officers in the urban local bodies to take necessary action the submission before the green tribunal claimedthe department said that in order to raise awareness about noise pollution thematic plays and events in schools colleges and ecoclubs were being held while pamphlets are being given to all deputy directors of education to distribute them among students and parentsthe environment department claimed with a wider noise monitoring network which now includes 26 noise monitoring stations under dpcc more violators can be fined under the noise rules 2000the central pollution control board had recently come up with their own suggestions for noiserelated violations with fines ranging from rs 1000 to rs 1 lakh depending on the number of violationscpcb informed ngt that the use of loudspeakerspublic address systems exceeding the noise limit can be fined rs 10000 while dg sets can be fined rs 10000 to 1 lakh depending on the size construction sites meanwhile can be fined rs 50000 for violating noise normsa senior environment department official said for any public event the local district administration and the police will be required to ensure sound emitters are in place failing to which can result in a fine immediatelythey have been empowered and action can be initiated on the individual the devices will ensure noise norms are not violated the official added