NOISE MAPPING FOR URBAN PART OF BANGALORE

Lakshmi C, Manjunath H. N, Bhavya G. S, Rashmitha Shankar S, Deekshitha O, Avinash Singh

Abstract: The most unbearable environmental pollutant in the present day condition is the noise. It is definitely an unwanted sound. In the present day, noise levels have gone up in almost all the places, which are proved as health hazard, causing harmful physical and physiological problems. The survey area covers a distance of 2.6Kms around the periphery of Rajajinagar (West of Chord road. The selected area was covered by locating 11 stations. Noise level measurements were made at respective stations. The sound level readings were recorded for twenty eight days. During day time survey was conducted from morning 6AM to 6PM. (for 10 minutes at each location). The noise measurements were carried out using noise measuring meter model IEC 651 TYPE II. This aimed at generating noise maps using GIS and GPS. Arc GIS software is used to generate map representing the noise levels. The noise pollution can be reduced by several methods such as by diversion of traffic flow, control of speed breakers, banning of horns, plantation of tree and also some legal measures to avoid further worsening of problems.

Keywords: noise levels, noise measuring meter, noise mapping, ARCMAP, noise pollution level

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2017.0606007