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It is quite exclusive to the metropolitan cities in India-Delhi, Iambi, Calcutta, Achaean, Bengal etc. Literally: Noise pollution is encountered almost every day in such places, whereas in the rural areas, it occurs periodically- noise pollution peaks during festivals- the beating of drums, trumpets, loud speakers, fire crackers, bombs etc add to the high-decibel noise made by the people during the harvest festivals and other religious festivities.
In the cities and other urban sites, we can note that noise pollution is higher than usual during election times- the Laotians about a hundred from each political party, which itself count up to seven hundred fifty from all over the nation, use loudspeakers that cross the maximum noise limit approved by the Supreme Court of India. The maximum decibel limit ranges between 125 and 145 db (db- Decibel; unit to measure the noise level) Especially during Dalai- a famous festival of light celebrated all over India by Hindus- involves bursting of firecrackers and bombs.
These explosions and lights are mainly incorporated into these festivals to express ay and festivity. However, when a test to check the noise pollution caused by the firecrackers, was performed by the Maharajah’s Pollution Control Board (MICA) and Awake Foundation before Dalai, it was found that at least 8 crackers crossed the decibel limits by considerable amount. Http:// www. Underexposes. Com/news/decibel-levels/703669/ Following many such incidents, the Awake Foundation has been quite active in spreading awareness of the Ill effects of noise pollution by helping to shape up the government policies on the same.
It has also organized two seminars: The first on the pollutant – Loudspeaker on October 2004 and the next concentrates on noise pollution caused by traffic and construction sites- the latter was conducted on February 2006. To talk about the actual effect that Awake has managed to create in the lives of the Iambi citizens- a) Several strategies and policies suggested by the Awake Foundation were accepted the Government of Iambi and were implemented such as: Incorporation of noise parameters in the construction sites of the Iambi- Nava Trans Harbor Sea Link.