Noise assessment

MADE BY SHRIKRISHNA KESHARWANI
3RD YR ASSIGNMENT
BACHELORS OF PLANNING
MANIT BHOPAL

1. NOISE ASSESMENT SUBMITTED BY- SHRI KRISHNA KESHARWANI SCHOLAR NO.- 181109005

2. ♔ ♖ ♗ ♘ ♙ ♜ 1 2 3 4 5 6 INTRODUCTION CONCLUSION ANALYSIS AND RESULT METHODOLOGY DATA COLLECTION SITE CHARACTERSTICS NOISE ASSESMENT TABLE OF CONTENTS

3. INTRODUCTION Noise can disturb our work, rest, sleep and communication. It can damage our hearing and evoke other psychological physiological and possibly pathological reactions However, because of complexity, variability and the interaction of noise with other environmental factors, the adverse health effects of noise do not lend themselves to a straight forward analysis.  SOURCES OF NOISE INDOOR SOURCES OUTDOOR SOURCES Air coolers Air conditioner Television. Music system. Family conflict. Baby crying. Other office and home appliances.     Traffic (road, rail) Loudspeakers. Vehicles horn. Construction activities. Fire crackers. Industries. Generators.     Noise is typically defined as unwanted sound. Sound which pleases the listeners is music and that which causes pain and annoyance is noise. At times, what is music for some can be noise for others. SOURCE-NOISE POLLUTION REGULATIONS IN INDIA

4.   Category of area Day time Night time 1 Industrial area 75 70 2 Commercial area 65 55 3 Residential area 55 45 4 Special area 50 40 According to the “The Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules, 2000” the following are the standards for noise levels according to the category of the areas.     NOISE STANDARDS- Note:   1. Day time shall mean from 6.00 a.m. to 10.00 p.m.   2. Night time shall mean from 10.00 p.m. to 6.00 a.m.   3. Silence zone is defined as an area comprising not less than 100 meters around hospitals, educational institutions and courts. The silence zones are zones, which are declared as such by the competent authority.   4. Mixed categories of areas may be declared as one of the four-abovementioned categories by the competent authority. SOURCE-NOISE POLLUTION REGULATIONS IN INDIA

5. METHODOLOGY

6. SITE CHARACTERSTICS There are total 64 house hold in the area And the approximate population of the area is 64 x 4 = 256. The total area of the site is 47,551sq m. There are two types of road present in the area one is the cc road and another one is the state highway which is the black tar road. Width of cc road is 3 meters and the width of state highway is 4.5m. Settlement pattern –organic development.   ABOUT STUDY AREA - Beohari is a Nagar Panchayat city in district of Shahdol , Madhya Pradesh. Beohari is rich in mineral resources, including marble, iron ore, clay, sand and unexplored petroleum products. Beohari is economically rich and is politically active since Independence. The Beohari city is divided into 15 wards. The Beohari Nagar Panchayat has population of 24,545 of which 12,745 are males while 11,800 are females as per report released by Census India 2011. ABOUT BEOHARI - SOURCE- CENSUS 2011

7. 2002 2010 2020 The study area is situated in the central Beohari having an avg. elevation of 388m above the sea level. It is situated in between 24 o 00’52.6”north latitude and 81 o 22’46.7” east longitude. The noise level has been recorded at four different observations point covering all kinds of land use of the site. Observation point 1 is situated near the newly constructed residential area of the site. Observation point 2 is situated at the meeting point of cc road and the state highway. Observation point no. 3 is situated in front of my home ( shivam traders), observation point no.4 is situated under the block office area.   SOURCE- GOOGLE EARTH PRO

8. The required data for noise assessment has been collected at four different observation points at four different time periods i.e. morning (8:45-9:00), afternoon (12:15-12:30), evening (18:00-18:15) , night (21:00-21:15) covering all kinds of land use of the study area. The data for noise assessment has been recorded in the form of different noise levels at different time period and different points in decibels along with the offsite and onsite sound sources has also been recorded.     The data collection has been done with the help of a mobile application called noise meter by jinasys .   DATA COLLECTION

9. ANALYSIS AND RESULT

10. The measurements of noise levels have been recorded in working day (Monday 20-10-2020) at the four different observation points at selected site in vicinity of Beohari . The analysis has revealed the following points-   The noise pollution levels are more than the permissible limits at the observation point 2 and 3 if we consider that as a residential area. However the other two points 1 and 4 have noise emissions under the permissible limits.   The maximum noise levels are especially determined by the heavy traffic, technical Status of the vehicles and quality of the road situation.   Evening time is the peak time of the noise level for points 2, 3 and 4.the major source of noise at this time period is the traffic on the road.   The variation in the noise levels at the observation points is directly related to the distance between the state highway and the location of the point and also to the sound barriers like trees and walls coming in between the noise source and the point.   It is suggested that the necessary abatement measures to reduce the noise levels in these areas should be implemented in order to improve the present status of human health and environment of the study area located in the Beohari .             RESULT

11. CONCLUSION By analyzing the data it has been found that the sound barriers like trees and walls are actually helping in reducing the noise intensity at observation point 1 and 4. As compared to the other two points i.e. observation point 2 and 3 , points 1 and 4 have recorded low noise level because of the distance from the main road and also due to the presence of various sound barriers like trees ,buildings and walls between the state highway and the points .   Only two points (2 and 3) have recorded high noise levels therefore the following measures should be taken with the aim of reducing the noise level produced by different sources:   Banning the use of high decibel horns. Banning the loudspeakers. the rehabilitation of the infrastructure of the street networks of ways with intense traffic; the implementation of the technical measures for noise levels; Creating noise barriers alongside the road like trees and walls. Or grass walls. blocking the ways of noise propagation by creating protection curtains, including green spaces within inhabited areas; Performing special isolation for buildings against one or more types of environmental noise combined with ventilation or conditioned air facilities, in order to maintain high values of the isolations against environmental noise.