ASSESSMENT AND TIME-SERIES ANALYSIS OF TRAFFIC NOISE POLLUTION ALONG LUCKNOW-FAIZABAD HIGHWAY AND LUCKNOW-KANPUR HIGHWAY, LUCKNOW

Environmental Engineering

Noise pollution is known for among the major causes to impact the people living in urban areas across the world. Automobiles, construction, festivals, factories, stations, diesel shades, garages and workshops are sources of noise. Vehicles are increasing enormously beyond the carrying capacity of the road. Study was carried out at 2 locations with sound level meter to assess day time and night time noise levels of Lucknow city. This study was done from Lucknow-Faizabad Highway to Lucknow-Kanpur Highway and vice-versa. The Noise monitoring was done for Lucknow-Faizabad Highway to Lucknow-Kanpur Highway of using sound pressure level meter. The noise monitoring was done for 24 hours by considering the peak hours of entire period of locations. The Modelling and mapping of major highways noise was done using MAS Environmental health consultancy tool available for use for free of cost and the modelling results were validated using the onsite measurements. The results revealed that the highest real value at Lucknow -Faizabad Highway is 98 dB and lowest real value is 62.8 dB. The peak noise was highest real value at Lucknow-Kanpur Highway is 99 dB and 69.5 is the lowest real value measured and it was found that horns are the reasons for the peak sound level in morning as well as night. The recorded from Lucknow-Kanpur Highway, commonly known as Kanpur Road doesn’t comes under silence zone as it consist Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport, Transport Nagar, Car Showrooms and their service centers within the range of 1-2 kms.

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