In 2011 Dev Pramendra and Singh Vartika researched on Enviromental Noise Pollution Monitoring and Impacts On Human Health in Dehradun City. In 2010 Avnish Chauhan did Assessment of Noise Level in Different Zones of Haridwar City and concluded It was also observed that higher noise level in the city is due to rapid and unplanned urbanization resulting in great influx of people from all parts of the region, lack of sufficient parking spaces and exponential growth. Roads, are always higher than the permissible noise levels/limits prescribed by CPCB. Data collected and results analyzed indicate that almost on all major Review on Road Traffic Noise Mapping using GIS. In 2015 Jigna Patel did a research on State of the Art Therefore, a strict enforcement of law and regulation is felt in this regard. In 2013, S.U.Bande completed a review on Road Tarffic Noise Assesment in India and noted that noise environment of the study area may pose as a great threat to the health of dwellers of the study area in long term. It was concluded that the major reason of noise pollution inside the city was due to air horns and vehicular movements. Santosh Rangnekar did survey on Noise Pollution and its Management and found out that the average noise level for traffic intersections and silent zone shown some sampling stations with undesirable values. So many studies and researches have been done and being doing on this context In 2008-2009, Dr.
Noise maps build in GIS can be used for analysis and management process The main use of noise maps is to identify and quantify the scale of noise problems and provide information for town planning and traffic management. The present study is an attempt to evaepaluate noise pollution load of Kottayam town due to urbanization activities and its detrimental effect on the human health and environment. Reckless use of horns and continuous vehicular movement results the noise pollution problem in the town.
The environmental condition of Kottayam town has been changing abruptly along with the rapid growth of urbanization. Keywords Noise mapping, Arc GIS, Sound level analyser
Using ArcGIS 10.7.1 software, noise maps are generated to make the awareness more straight.
The main objective of this study is to aware the public about the noisy environment with which we live today, due to the increased urbanization and increased traffic intensity. auditory damage, speech interference, sleep interference, general annoyance, reduces the working efficiency, increases blood pressure & fatigue etc. Noise affects human body in a number of ways ranging from Psychological to Physiological, e.g. In Kerala roads are in bad condition, and poorly maintained and has considerable number of vehicles of outdated technology, the road traffic noise assumes much more importance. Fast growing vehicle population in town in the recent years, has resulted in considerable increase in traffic on roads causing alarming noise pollution. Road traffic is a superior source of noise pollution and it has detrimental effects on human beings. Environmental Noise Pollution Assessment and Mapping of Kottayam TownġAfeef Muhammed, 2Aravind J Chandran, 3Betsy Sara Basil, 4B S Gayathri, 5Sankar Boseġ,2,3,4Students, Department of Civil Engineering, Mangalam College Of Engineering, Kerala, IndiaĥAssistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Mangalam College Of Engineering, Kerala,IndiaĪbstract- In developing nations noise is a major pollutant to the environment.