prevention of noise pollution?
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Definition of noise pollution:
Noise pollution, also known as environmental noise or sound pollution, is the propagation of noise with harmful impact on the activity of human or animal life.
Effects of Noise Pollution:
Continuous exposure to noise pollution can result in lack of sleep (insomnia), hypertension (high blood pressure), anxiety and many other disorders. Noise pollution can also lead to partial loss of hearing; in some cases.
Measures to Limit Noise Pollution:
Aircraft engines and automobile engines should be fitted with silencing devices. The muffler (or silencer) in a motorcycle is an example of such device.
Factories should be relocated far from residential areas. Many factories from Delhi had been shifted to outskirts in the nineties.
Trees should be planted along the roads because trees absorb noise.
Sound barrier should be installed along flyovers.