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<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 150%;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Times-Roman; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: Times-Roman; mso-bidi-language: HI;\">Abstract/Manuscript No ISCA-IVC-2014-8EVS-06 Date 29-03-2014</span></p>
<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 150%;\" align=\"center\"><span class=\"first\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Section:<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp; </span>(8). <span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp;</span>Environmental Sciences</span></span></strong></span></p>
<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 150%;\" align=\"center\"><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">&nbsp;</span></strong></p>
<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 150%;\" align=\"center\"><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Study of Noise Pollution in Dhar Town M.P. (India) With Special Reference to the Silence Zones</span></strong></p>
<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 150%;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Shinde Deepak and Ningwal Uday Singh</span></p>
<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 3.75in;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Department of Zoology, Govt. Post Graduate College, Dhar &ndash; 454001 (INDIA)</span></p>
<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 3.75in;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><a href=\"mailto:Deepak.shinde2011@rediffmail.com\">Deepak.shinde2011@rediffmail.com</a>, </span></p>
<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 3.75in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 150%;\" align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">ABSTRACTS</span></strong></p>
<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-language: HI;\">The present paper deals with the monitoring of Noise Pollution in ten selected locations of Dhar town including silence zones / sensitive areas as per the norms of Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). During the present study noise levels were measured with the help of </span></em><em><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-language: HI;\">sound level meter. It was clear from our study that the noise levels are extremely elevated and much higher than that of the </span></em><em><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">prescribed limits of CPCB even in the silent zones.</span></em><em><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-language: HI;\"> The main sources of noise pollution were found to be vehicles and pressure horns. Major effects of noise pollution include interference with communication, sleeplessness, and reduced efficiency in human beings. </span></em></p>
<p class=\"MsoBodyText\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\"><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"X-NONE\">Key words:</span></strong><span lang=\"X-NONE\"> Silence zones, sensitive zones, noise pollution, CPCB, sound level.</span></p>
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