Suchergebnisse

Noise pollution is considered as environmental stressor which now becomes a problem of all over the word especially in developing countries like India. Jabalpur city (Union Territory) is second biggest city of Madhya Pradesh having population of 10.81 lakhs and selected in first round of smart city mission under the government of India. The rapid growth and development of city in terms of industrialization, Increase of traffic and urbanization causing increasing trends of noise level. The present study is concerned with assessment of ambient noise level in commercial zone of Jabalpur city in May 2016. Noise level study was conducted at 5 different locations in commercial area of Jabalpur and recorded noise data are interpreted in form of parameter,, , , LNP. The Value in different hours of different locations compared with prescribed standard of Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and it was observed that in all the study area sound level is much above the maximum permissible limit. This study reveals commercial area of Jabalpur city is highly exposed to noise pollution and there is a need to adopt suitable control measure for reduction of noise.