India, June 28 -- The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has disposed of a plea filed by a Vasant Kunj resident who alleged that excessive noise from aircraft at Indira Gandhi International Airport was disturbing the sleep of local residents.

The complaint, filed by Anil Sood from the NGO Society for Protection of Culture Heritage Environment Traditions and Promotion of National Awareness (SP-CHETNA), said more than half the flights at the airport use runway 29/11, which is near Vasant Kunj, and also questioned the lack of noise pollution data available.

In its latest order dated June 28, a bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava and expert member A Senthil Vel said the airport operator Delhi International Airport Ltd (DI...