HYDERABAD: Noise pollution levels in Hyderabad city have been on an alarming rise from 2019 to 2022, according to the Telangana State Pollution Control Board. According to environmentalist D. Narsimha Reddy, “The first factor contributing to noise pollution is that we do not have equipment and manufacturing standards to curb noise levels. Urban planning must consider various zonal planning, keeping …
HYDERABAD: Lack of proper enforcement of various norms to control the noise pollution, the state capital appears to be blaring with high decibel sounds. Going by the records of the Telangana State Pollution Control Board, the prescribed norms for noise pollution are 55 decibels and 45 decibels, during the day and the night respectively. The city, as it seems, has …