Deshbhakt
JF-Expert Member
- Jan 22, 2008
- 375
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To all me fellow Members,
Sometime on 25th October 2014, the following article appeared in The Citizen newspapers:
By Bernard James,The Citizen Reporter Dar es Salaam.
Environment minister Dr Binilith Mahenge has signed into law regulations that seek to control noise and vibration levels whose excess has become a major public nuisance in Dar es Salaam and other urban centres in the country.
Minister Mahenge confirmed yesterday to have endorsed the regulations prepared by the National Environment Council (NEMC) and the Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) but has remained unworkable nearly a decade after they were crafted. The minister will unveil the regulations today at the launch of the new NEMC Board.
This latest move comes two months after The Citizen on Sunday reported extensively on how noise pollution has exposed residents of Dar es Salaam and other major cities to untold distress, physical and mental health risks.
The minister later promised late in October to put an end to noise pollution which he conceded has risen to unprecedented levels.
"I signed the regulations on Thursday. The document has been taken to the Attorney General's office for gazetting. This is a major development in taming noise pollution," he told The Citizenon phone.
The regulations, among other things, set maximum volume in nightclubs and bars, public rallies, churches, mosques, industrial zones and even promotional road shows.
The Citizen on Sunday investigation indicated that mushrooming churches in residential areas, which use powerful public address systems during day and night prayers, have become a major source of distress for urbanites.
NEMC has recently told The Citizen that complaints to do with noise pollution coming from prayers, especially at night, top the list of complaints filed with the agency.
City residents have told this paper that noise brought about by loud and pounding music in bars, shops, cars, dance halls, and live promotional road shows was giving them difficult times.
Lack of the regulations had made the situation even worse as it is virtually impossible to implement the Environment Act 2004 without the regulations.
Many city residents irritated by the state of affairs are accusing the authorities of either ignoring the problem or doing little to end the menace.
The problem of noise pollution is not limited to Dar es Salaam. Reports from Mwanza, Iringa, Musoma, Tabora and Morogoro and many other urban centres suggest that residents have a difficult time coming to terms with the problem.
They accuse owners of bars, dance halls and nightclubs in residential areas of breaking the law--and getting away with it.
The new regulations will be enforced by NEMC, local government authorities and the police. It will specify the role of each in enforcing the law.
My questions are:
1. Has this indeed been effected?
2. Has anyone among us achieved any success through their personal experiences since this Act was signed?
Sometime on 25th October 2014, the following article appeared in The Citizen newspapers:
By Bernard James,The Citizen Reporter Dar es Salaam.
Environment minister Dr Binilith Mahenge has signed into law regulations that seek to control noise and vibration levels whose excess has become a major public nuisance in Dar es Salaam and other urban centres in the country.
Minister Mahenge confirmed yesterday to have endorsed the regulations prepared by the National Environment Council (NEMC) and the Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) but has remained unworkable nearly a decade after they were crafted. The minister will unveil the regulations today at the launch of the new NEMC Board.
This latest move comes two months after The Citizen on Sunday reported extensively on how noise pollution has exposed residents of Dar es Salaam and other major cities to untold distress, physical and mental health risks.
The minister later promised late in October to put an end to noise pollution which he conceded has risen to unprecedented levels.
"I signed the regulations on Thursday. The document has been taken to the Attorney General's office for gazetting. This is a major development in taming noise pollution," he told The Citizenon phone.
The regulations, among other things, set maximum volume in nightclubs and bars, public rallies, churches, mosques, industrial zones and even promotional road shows.
The Citizen on Sunday investigation indicated that mushrooming churches in residential areas, which use powerful public address systems during day and night prayers, have become a major source of distress for urbanites.
NEMC has recently told The Citizen that complaints to do with noise pollution coming from prayers, especially at night, top the list of complaints filed with the agency.
City residents have told this paper that noise brought about by loud and pounding music in bars, shops, cars, dance halls, and live promotional road shows was giving them difficult times.
Lack of the regulations had made the situation even worse as it is virtually impossible to implement the Environment Act 2004 without the regulations.
Many city residents irritated by the state of affairs are accusing the authorities of either ignoring the problem or doing little to end the menace.
The problem of noise pollution is not limited to Dar es Salaam. Reports from Mwanza, Iringa, Musoma, Tabora and Morogoro and many other urban centres suggest that residents have a difficult time coming to terms with the problem.
They accuse owners of bars, dance halls and nightclubs in residential areas of breaking the law--and getting away with it.
The new regulations will be enforced by NEMC, local government authorities and the police. It will specify the role of each in enforcing the law.
My questions are:
1. Has this indeed been effected?
2. Has anyone among us achieved any success through their personal experiences since this Act was signed?
