Noise pollution is emerging as one of the major environmental challenges in modern life as it has significant detrimental effect on human health and environment. With increasing number of vehicles in urban areas, improper public transport management, poorly planned urbanization and rapid industrialization, the noise levels have exceeded the tolerance limits. Present study deals with the noise assessment of road traffic during peak hours at three prime junctions of Thane city (Maharashtra  State); It was aimed to assess roadside noise levels with respect to vehicular congestion. Study revealed that the noise levels of all the study locations during day and night peak hours ranged between 72 dBA – 81 dBA and 70 dBA – 80 dBA respectively. The noise levels exceeded the permissible limits given by Central Pollution Control Board and three wheelers formed the major portion of the sampled traffic across all locations.

Link: https://vpmthane.org/BNB/JBNB/JBNB2021/VEHICULAR%20SOURCE.pdf