After Mumbai and Lucknow it’s Hyderabad

Hyderabad stands behind Mumbai and Lucknow in the noisiest metros in India. The Central Pollution Control Board(CPCB) declared these results in the Status of ambient noise levels in India report. The study was conducted by installing 35 noise monitoring systems in Nine Metro cities.

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In Hyderabad noise levels are going beyond the prescribed standards and sometimes reaching Industrial area noise levels. The noise monitoring systems installed in Hyderbad at two commercial zones of Abids and Punjagutta, the Jeedimetla industrial zone, the silence zone at the zoo and the Jubilee Hills residential zone. The noise levels at Abids, Panjagutta and in Zoo area exceeded the prescribed limits in every reading.

The results were based on the study conducted between 2011 and 2014 periods. Government must step in to curb the noise level increase.