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Noise levels up, air pollution dips
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Noise levels up, air pollution dips
BANGALORE: Thanks to 19.4 mm rain on Tuesday, the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) recorded a 15%-28% dip in air pollution compared to normal days in Bangalore on the first day of Diwali on Tuesday.
The board said the rain helped in settling down the suspended air particles and in bringing down the air pollution level. Monitoring of air quality was done at two locations, City Railway Station and SG Halli Regional Office complex. The department had taken readings on October 22 (normal day) and tallied them with Tuesday's figures to arrive at the increase or decrease during Diwali.
While the ambient air quality remained pretty encouraging on Tuesday, noise pollution figures in the city were quite high. KSPCB included some areas in the city for the first time to monitor noise pollution levels. Kumara Park West recorded a 36% rise in the decibel level from any normal day. On a normal day, it records a decibel level somewhere around the 56 mark whereas on Tuesday the noise climbed up to a high 75 units.
At Fortis Hospital, Nagarabhavi, the noise pollution figures went up by 38% (from 59.3 to 75.8 decibels). Indiranagar ESI Hospital, Vijayanagar Club, AECS Layout in Whitefield and Cubbon Pet have recorded an increase of 24%, 16%, 32% and 3% respectively, while the remaining areas monitored have recorded decibel figures well within the permissible limit.
"We monitored the noise pollution levels at 12 different areas in Bangalore alone. Though we installed the noise level meter at 14 different places across the city, we based our readings on data collected from 12 of these meters," said A S Sadashivaiah, KSPCB chairman. The department also collected figures from an online monitoring of noise pollution levels at five different places in Bangalore.
Officials said the air pollution figures are likely to shoot up in the next two days of Diwali, on Wednesday and Thursday respectively. Final figures would be compiled on the basis of monitoring air pollution from 6 pm to 12 am on all three days.
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