Ecology, Environment and Conservation Paper

Vol. 29, Apr. Suppl. Issue 2023; Page No.(S191-S205)

TRAFFIC NOISE AND ITS RISKS ON HUMAN HEALTH IN INDIA:A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW FROM 1990 TO 2022

Hira Lal Yadav and Janhavi Yadav

Abstract

This literature reviews article based on the systematic study of research conducted during the most recentthirty years on traffic noise and its effect in Indian occupants. Studies on road traffic noise was only restrictedto the metropolitan territories all through the country. The studies on the noise level have determined onlyon the monitoring, recording, analysis, modelling, and mapping to some level and related to themes.Negligible findings are found in the exposure-effect sense of physiological and sleep research areas. Nearlyall of studies related to noise pollution have been uniquely connected with disturbance and behaviouralsurveys. In the Indian situation a very few studies associated to human physiology by traffic noise werefound and study also outlook very less study are accessible related to traffic noise and its sever impacts onhuman health. This study review reveals that highway traffic noise is a main cause of aggravation inrespondents. Traffic noise could lead to more severe psychological effects in human. A simplification ofinfluence and meta-analysis was not probable in the study due to the many changeable features in thedesigns and favoured outputs.