An Analysis of noise pollution in Tirupur city
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Engineering and Technology - Year 2013, Vol 1, Issue 3
Abstract
Sound that is unwanted or disrupts one’s quality of life is called as noise. When there is lot of noise in the environment, it is termed as noise pollution. Sound becomes undesirable when it disturbs the normal activities such as working, sleeping, and during conversations. It is an underrated environmental problem because of the fact that we can’t see, smell, or taste it. Community noise, or environmental noise, is one of the most common pollutants. It is defined by the World Health Organization as noise emitted from all sources, except noise at the industrial workplace. ‘Community noise includes the primary sources of road, rail and air traffic, industries, construction and public works and the neighbourhood’ (WHO, 1999).Environmental noise is increasingly becoming a community concern internationally . Considerable efforts have been made over about the last four decades to reduce noise impacts from transportation sources such as road and rail traffic and aircraft. Nonetheless, many of the benefits of these efforts have been lost due to increased traffic volumes (by all modes) for longer periods of the day and evening. At the same time increases in urban population have resulted in greater exposure of a larger percentage of the population to the increased noise levels. World Health Organization stated that “Noise must be recognized as a major threat to human well-being. According to the USEPA, there are direct links between noise and health. Also, noise pollution adversely affects the lives of millions of people. Noise pollution can damage physiological and psychological health. High blood pressure, stress related illness, sleep disruption, hearing loss, and productivity loss are the problems related to noise pollution. It can also cause memory loss, severe depression, and panic attacks. In this paper a study of traffic noise in Tirupur city has been done in the busy areas of the city which have high traffic flow in peak hours, results obtained in the study shows that the whole city is affected heavily by noise pollution more during the evening hours when compared to morning hours and in almost 90% of the area prevailing noise level is more than the ambient noise level. It has been found that in many areas the noise level prevailing averages around 85 db at 90% of the busy points of the city. Most of the noise is generated only due to horns of vehicles like rickshaws, buses, wagons & trucks etc., Tirupur being a small and congested city, creates chronic issues related to noise pollution. The city is rapidly developing, more and more vehicles are being used regularly which adds thrust on noise level in the city which in turn will create many health issues. Since the traffic noise is increasing more in this city day by day so this has to be analysed and controlled so that no health hazards pose.
Authors and Affiliations
Keerthana . , Gobinath . R, Neelima Singhvi, Chitravel. V, Saranya . S, Kannan. T
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