Noise Pollution in the City

In simple term Noise is a unwanted sound -viewed as "nuisance" rather than an environmental problem since 1970. Dr. Paul Herman wrote the first noise code in 1975 for Portland and become the basis of Noise Code for most other ordinances for major U.S. and Canadian Region. Municipalities and government do not follow any laws; code for noise in India.

Major transportation system is source of noise pollution including Motor Vehicle, aircraft, rail noise and poor urban planning give rise to noise pollution, since side by side industrial and residential buildings can result in noise pollution in the residential area. Marriage Band, religious programme, emergency vehicle alarm and political campaign also lead to big noise nuisance on the city street. Hindu and Muslim's festivals like Diwali, Uttarayan, Rathyatra and Tajiya leading the city street noisy by firing crackers and rally on the city street.

Apartment dwellers are often annoyed by noise in their homes, especially when the building is not well designed and constructed. In this case, internal building noise from water pipe, playing children, washing clothe manually by wooden stick, television, audio entertainment music system, generators, barking dogs, loudspeakers, air conditioners, noisy people can be audible and annoying. Improperly insulated walls and ceilings can reveal the unwanted sound.

There are many side effects of Excessive noise on human as well as on animal life. Continuous noise can damage human nervous system like deprive of sleep, high blood pressure, loose their concentration, temporary or permanent deafness, and many more can be unknown by scientist.

Every city in India have biggest nuisance of is traffic noise. It is difficult to find any street without traffic noise. Constantly blowing horn by the driver of vehicles make the NOISE pollution. The digging of the roads and disorganised parking on the road make the road narrow for traffic to pass and annoying

two wheeler and four wheeler drivers in rush, blowing the horn constantly. Unnecessary road bumps and patches make vehicle stop and again accelerate again adds more noise and typically designed vehicles' silencer and diesel engines make humming noise all day on busy road. Rail passing noise can be heard from almost two and half kilometre at night and rail drivers constantly blow their horn even at night to make sure the rail track clear from wandering animals.

If you love calm atmosphere and buying a house in city you should be careful about certain things like the house is not close to 1. Express highway 2. Railway Track 3. School and should have nice neighbourhood (understanding not to allow noise like marriage band, religious band, barking dogs and political noise nuisance.)

You can also help community reduce noise in your town, when you listen to music you mustn't go beyond certain limits. Or if you are going by car or scooter and you are trapped in traffic jam you shouldn't touch the horn because in this way you don't cause noise.