Govt to take legal action against sound polluters
Friday, 12 November 2010
The government will take legal steps against sound polluters especially for misuse of vehicles' horn under the sound pollution policy.
Home Secretary Abdus Sobhan Sikdar said this while speaking at an appraisal meeting on sound pollution and easing traffic congestion in the city Thursday, reports BSS.
Coalition Against Pollution (CAP) and MATT-2 programme under Establishment Ministry organised the meet at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU).
The home secretary said the traffic police would conduct drive for taking legal action against the sound polluters on the city roads.
Besides, the government would strengthen its monitoring system on all city roads to reduce sound pollution.
BSMMU Vice-chancellor Prof Pran Gopal Datta presided over the meeting and also gave a presentation on various adverse effects of sound pollution to the human body.
Prof Datta said human body can tolerate sound below 90 decibel but the city dwellers are being forced to face more than 100 decibel sound at most parts of the capital.
He said the sound pollution above 100 decibel makes hearing loss of people gradually. Besides, noise is the cause for increasing headaches and insomnia of the urban people, he added.
Home Secretary Abdus Sobhan Sikdar said this while speaking at an appraisal meeting on sound pollution and easing traffic congestion in the city Thursday, reports BSS.
Coalition Against Pollution (CAP) and MATT-2 programme under Establishment Ministry organised the meet at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU).
The home secretary said the traffic police would conduct drive for taking legal action against the sound polluters on the city roads.
Besides, the government would strengthen its monitoring system on all city roads to reduce sound pollution.
BSMMU Vice-chancellor Prof Pran Gopal Datta presided over the meeting and also gave a presentation on various adverse effects of sound pollution to the human body.
Prof Datta said human body can tolerate sound below 90 decibel but the city dwellers are being forced to face more than 100 decibel sound at most parts of the capital.
He said the sound pollution above 100 decibel makes hearing loss of people gradually. Besides, noise is the cause for increasing headaches and insomnia of the urban people, he added.