A Study of Noise Pollution in Kolhapur City with Special Reference to Silence Zone

When the sound level goes beyond limit and become unwanted to hear and disrupts the quality of life then we call it as noise. World health Organization WHO 2001 stated that noise must be recognized as major threat to human being. The objective of present study was to monitor the noise level in silence zone in the Kolhapur city. Total six different locations which are in silence zones has been selected in the city to measure the noise level and after statistical analysis the data was compared with standards prescribed by Central Pollution Control Board CPCB . The study reveals that the noise level in respective locations was found to be higher than permissible limit and it ranges between 59.22 dB A to 78.50 dB A . Kamble P. V. | Patil. G. T | Er. Mali. D. S. "A Study of Noise Pollution in Kolhapur City with Special Reference to Silence Zone" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-4 | Issue-4 , June 2020, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd31031.pdf Paper Url :https://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/environmental-science/31031/a-study-of-noise-pollution-in-kolhapur-city-with-special-reference-to-silence-zone/kamble-p-v