India, April 25 -- The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has rolled out a time-bound standard operating procedure (SOP) to streamline action on noise pollution complaints, mandating that all grievances be logged in a complaint register and verified through on-ground inspections by its air laboratory within three days of the complaint.

If noise levels are found to exceed the prescribed limits, a detailed monitoring and inspection report, along with enforcement recommendations, must be forwarded to the departments concerned within seven days, the SOP states, adding that the sub-divisional magistrate and local police must coordinate action to seize the noise-generating equipment.

"The SOP defines a clear timeline and what agencies m...