Letter to Editor: Noise pollution should be taken seriously

Noise pollution is a danger we often laugh off. We think that its not that serious of a problem but its a slow poison which only grows with each passing day. We think that the problems we are having with our blood pressure, the stress we are feeling, the ever growing cases of heart diseases is all because of diet and sedentary life style of the city dwellers and we often forget about noise pollution. Noise pollution is a very big contributor to heart diseases, high blood pressure, skyscraping levels of stress and irregular sleep patterns. The cases of high blood pressure and heart disease in children is very common in today’s time, children are often hooked to games where high pitched sounds are common which takes a toll on their health. Parents should take the responsibility to make their wards understand the effects these high pitched sounds in games or the use of in ear earphones can have on their overall health. The administration in all the cities over the country can take steps to reduce noise pollution by restricting vehicles on road after midnight because it is seen that a motorcycle engine on road produces about 95 decibels and sounds above 70 decibels over a prolonged period starts damaging our hearing capacity. These steps should be taken at the earliest or else we are looking at a disease-ridden future.

Noopur Baruah,

Tezpur