The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has released a report titled \u2018Frontiers 2022: Noise, Blazes and Mismatches\u2019. The report measured noise levels in 61 cities of the world.<\/span><\/p>\n Noisiest City:<\/b> All the top three noisiest cities are from South Asia. Bangladesh\u2019s capital Dhaka is the noisiest city in the world, with a noise level of 119 decibels (dB).<\/span><\/p>\n India:<\/b> Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh has emerged as the second noisiest city in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n Other Indian cities which recorded a higher decibel than the permissible levels were Delhi (83 dB), Kolkata and Asansol (both 89 dB) in West Bengal and Jaipur (84 dB).<\/span><\/p>\n Quitiest City: <\/b>The report found that Irbrid (Jordan) at 60 dB is the world\u2019s quietest city in the world, followed by Lyon (France).<\/span><\/p>\n According to the WHO\u2019s recommendations, the permissible noise level limits are 55 dB for outdoor residential areas and 70 dB for commercial areas and where there\u2019s traffic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n WHO says that a sound with noise above 70 dB over a prolonged period of time can increase the risk of hearing loss.<\/span><\/p>\n Vegetation in urban environments should be done, as it absorbs acoustic energy and diffuses noise.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Green spaces, courtyards and quiet urban parks offer relief from noisy places and benefit our mental well-being.<\/span><\/p>\n Indirect measures such as reducing available driving space by increasing the number of cycle lanes can reduce road traffic noise.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Also, low-emission zones encourage electric mobility, which reduces noise and improves air quality.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Source: <\/b>This post is based on an article <\/span>\u201cUP\u2019s Moradabad world\u2019s 2nd noisiest city on UN list, 4 more Indian cities exceed noise levels\u201d <\/b>published in <\/span>The Print <\/b>on 27th March 2022.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What is the News? The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has released a report titled \u2018Frontiers 2022: Noise, Blazes and Mismatches\u2019. The report measured noise levels in 61 cities of the world. What are the key findings of the report? Noisiest City: All the top three noisiest cities are from South Asia. Bangladesh\u2019s capital Dhaka is… Continue reading UP\u2019s Moradabad world\u2019s 2nd noisiest city on UN list, 4 more Indian cities exceed noise levels<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,1305,9],"tags":[10599],"class_list":["post-176337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-index-reports-bodies","category-public","tag-the-print","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176337\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}What are the key findings of the report?<\/b><\/h5>\n
What are the permissible sound levels?<\/b><\/h5>\n
What are the suggestions given by the report to reduce noise pollution?<\/b><\/h5>\n