DoE NOISE POLLUTION CAMPAIGN: Awareness, strict enforcement stressed
City Desk :
The Department of Environment (DoE) launched a 10-day campaign under its “Integrated and Participatory Project on Noise Pollution Control,” featuring mobile courts and awareness drives at 10 key points in Dhaka starting Wednesday.
The initiative kicked off recently in front of the city’s National Press Club, inaugurated by Mohshina Akter Banu, Additional Secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, says a press release.
Banu urged collective awareness and action against noise pollution, which has reached alarming levels. She highlighted the government’s all-out efforts through DoE and expressed hope that the campaign would encourage compliance with the Noise Pollution (Control) Rules, 2025. Moderated by Humayun Kabir Sumon of Green Voice, the event also featured speeches from Alamgir Kabir, Chief Coordinator of Green Voice and General Secretary of Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (BAPA). Kabir praised the ongoing project and called for united efforts to create a noise-free environment for future generations. DMP’s Paltan Zone Traffic Sergeant Khalilullah also spoke, alongside Project Manager Md. Fazle Elahi and Training and Campaign Specialist Gazi Mahibbur Rahman.
The programme concluded with a human chain and a colourful rally from the Press Club to Raju Sculpture at Dhaka University, featuring a pickup van with awareness messages, placards, festoons, and a squirrel mascot. Campaigns will run over 10 working days at hotspots including Azimpur, New Market, Agargaon, Planning Commission Mor, Bangladesh Secretariat, Government Employees Hospital Mor, Gulshan-2 Chattar, and TSC. Supported by Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) traffic units and Green Voice’s 150+ college and university volunteers, activities include on-site fines under the 2025 Rules, empowering traffic sergeants to penalise noise-violating vehicles immediately.
A mobile court operated at Azimpur Government Quarters road, with stickers, leaflets, and slogans like “No Horn,” “Noise Pollution Damages Hearing and Health,” and “Avoid Unnecessary Honking” distributed to drivers and pedestrians.
Organisers emphasised raising public awareness about noise pollution’s harms, thanking DMP for cooperation and expecting stricter enforcement.