Temporal and Spatial Fluctuation of Noise Levels in the Closed Vicinity of Urban Roadways
Pervez Alam1, Kafeel Ahmad2 and Nasim Akhtar3
1Pervez Alam, Department of Civil Engineering, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India.
2Kafeel Ahmad, Department of Civil Engineering, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India.
3Nasim Akhtar, Central Road Research Institute, Mathura Road, New Delhi, India.
Manuscript received on 15 August 2019. | Revised Manuscript received on 21 August 2019. | Manuscript published on 30 September 2019. | PP: 5983-5989 | Volume-8 Issue-3 September 2019 | Retrieval Number: C5914098319/19©BEIESP | DOI: 10.35940/ijrte.C5914.098319
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Abstract: Noise pollution is a very critical issue for a better quality of life in urban settings. This study has been conducted to investigate the temporal and spatial fluctuation of noise levels in the vicinity of urban roadways. A total of twelve sites have been covered, eight in residential area and four in commercial area for this study. The monitoring of noise levels in residential and commercial areas in the capital city of India, Delhi, has been carried out from 18th of July to 12th of August 2017 using Sound Level Meter (Larson & Davis 831). The monitoring has been done only on working days and in good weather condition as per standard procedure, special care has been taken to reduce the effects of wind. Temporal distribution shows that the noise level in morning at the residential area has been more than the prescribed standard and reached up to 84.8 dB (A) in comparison to the commercial areas which has been remains up to 79.46 dB (A). Spatial distribution revealed that the noise level at Ashram Chowk remains in the range of 75 to 80 dB (A) which is maximum in comparison to all other selected location of residential area followed by Moolchand which remains in the range of 70 to 75 dB (A). In commercial area the noise levels remain in the range of 65 to 70 dB (A) at Connaught Place outer Circle (CPOC), which is remain maximum among all selected location. The noise level exceeds the recommendation of CPCB at all eight locations of residential area and two locations of commercial area out of four. It can be concluded that the residential area near urban roadways remains more prone to noise pollution in comparison to commercial area. Planning and public knowledge about the long term noise risk may help in to relieve the noise risk in urban areas.
Keywords: Noise Levels, Residential Area, Commercial Area, Urban Roads, Spatial Distribution.
Scope of the Article: Residential, Commercial, Industrial and Public Works