Shweta Bhodiwal, Reenu Agarwal and Shilpi Rijhwani
Abstract
Noise is a serious pollutant. In the present study, Railway Station and Bus Stop are selected in Udaipur city of India. The selected site offers a wide difference in human activities. In the framework of the baseline noise assessment, screening of all the selected sites was through an appropriate sound meter application. The data were collected on one working and one non-working day. The assessment of a single day was divided into five phases, for half an hour. It was seen that the level of noise was higher at the Bus station than that of Railroad station. The value of disturbance index was likewise noticed higher at the Bus station than Railroad station. At the Bus station frequency of noise was recorded high at early afternoon as well as additionally at the night time and is least at morning. While at the Railroad Station, level of noise was most extreme at morning and is least during night. Hence the current study shows how transport station causes the clamor contamination. In the current analysis, noise levels at all sites sampled at various times of the day were typically found to be in a wide range, with bus station showing more noise pollution than railway station and that is also in the noon and night time and is least at morning time. This happens as a result of a number of factors, including congested and overcrowded roads, poorly managed traffic, and road development operations