Question

Suggest control measures of noise pollution.

Answer 1

Noise pollution is unwanted or excessive sound that leads to deleterious effects on human health and environmental quality. Controlling measure of noise pollutions are:

• Planting more number of trees around public places will help in sound absorption and reduce the deleterious effects.
  
• People working in industries or noisy areas need to wear ear plugs, ear muffs or noise helmets to protect from occupational noise hazardous.
• Maintain distance between industrial area, bus terminals, railway stations etc from the residential area. Manufacturing of machines with specialized sound absorbents like glass wool, mineral wool, rubber, plastic, cork or neoprene and installing in soundproof chambers can reduce the noise.
• Using sound absorbing materials during construction and filling gaps, material like acoustic tiles, hair felt, perforated plywood etc.
• Controlling human activities like minimum use of loudspeakers or amplifiers and repeated honing in traffic-prone areas.