Question

Your parents are going to buy a new house. They have been offered one on the roadside and another two lanes away from from the roadside. Which house would you suggest your parents? List out the ways and means to reduce noise.

Answer 1

I would suggest my parents to buy a house which is two lanes away from the roadsides.

It is because the house situated on the roadside will have the following disadvantages in comparison to the house two lanes away from the roadsides.

(i) Lot of noise due to passing of vehicle.

(ii) Smoke and dust produced due to traffic on road.

(iii) Sound of pressure horns at the time of traffic jams or during peak hours of the traffic living in a house nearby roadside would cause noise pollution.