Any kind of disrupting sound from Humans, Animals, Machines that hinder
in the normal working of humans and animals is called Noise. Noise
Pollution is mainly caused by transportation and vehicular sound.
Among
many reasons one important factor that creates noise pollution is the
establishment of industries parallel to residential areas. Other
sources are car alarms, emergency service sirens, office equipment,
factory machinery, construction work, grounds keeping equipment,
barking dogs, appliances, power tools, lighting hum, audio
entertainment systems, loudspeakers and noisy people.
Health EffectsAny
unwanted sound is called noise. The adverse effect of noise is seen
both physiologically and psychologically. It is often seen that people
more exposed to noise are often complaining of hypertension, stress,
hearing loss, sleep disturbances etc. High noise levels also lead to
cardiovascular disorders leading to high BP.
Environmental EffectsHigh
noise levels also have an adverse effect on animal life increasing
their stress levels and also the death rates. Noisy Areas lead to loss
of natural habitats for the animals leading them to live an unbalanced
life. Animal species are also seen communicating on a higher pitch that
spoils their health.
In IndiaIndia has
developed many rules and regulations from time to time to ensure that
the noise levels in the country are maintained at a nominal level. As
Motor Vehicles are the chief source of noise pollution, the Motor
Vehicle Act of 1998, gave numerous powers to the state Administration
to monitor the noise levels at their own level.
Although there
have been many more provisions but as none of them have been
implemented as they were supposed to be, the noise levels seems to be
growing day by day.
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