Noise Pollution in Dhanmondi

Noise Pollution in Dhanmondi

Noise Pollution

What would anyone say about noise pollution of Dhanmondi? The noise pollution in here is excessive. Noise pollution continues to pose a major health threat for Dhanmondi. People of Dhanmondi mostly suffer from the bad effects of noise pollution. Approximately 12 million people now live in the capital city where traffic congestion is a regular phenomenon almost in every road, lane and by-lane. This traffic congestion is the root cause of noise pollution as most of the motor vehicles especially buses, mini-buses and trucks have hydraulic horns and the drivers are trained to honk continuously till they get their ways clear. Other reasons for honking that creates noise pollution include reckless driving, overtaking and drivers’ lack of knowledge on the impact of noise pollution. Moreover, use of brick-crushing machines in the locality and abuse of loudspeakers are other causes of noise pollution. In my discussion here I discuss about the noise pollution of Dhaka city. These are mainly due to vehicular horns and movement, loudspeakers from processions and meetings, high volume of audio players from roadside small business enterprises and others. Due to traffic jams on the roads of Dhaka city, most of the vehicles use their horn constantly, which is extremely harmful to human health, especially for children. The World Health Organization (WHO) opines that 60 decibels of sound can make a person deaf (The Daily Bangladesh Observer, 9 April, 2004). The noise level of Dhaka is more or the city has sound level more than the noise quality standard. The WHO study already identified eight areas in Dhaka city as severe red zones and ten areas as moderate red zone for noise pollution of which Mahakhali, Gabtoli, and Sayedabad bus terminals are on the top for extreme noise pollution. Moreover, due to lack of awareness and inefficiency in driving, many drivers use the horn unnecessarily that increases sound level in the proximity. The practical situation is very...

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