Effects of COVID-19 pandemic on festival celebrations and noise pollution levels

IF 1.7 Q2 ACOUSTICS

Noise Mapping Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI:10.1515/noise-2021-0006

Komal Kalawapudi, T. Singh, R. Vijay, Nitin Goyal, Rakesh Kumar

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Abstract

Abstract India is a country where every religion and community celebrates their culture. Festivals have an important role in Indian culture and are celebrated whole-heartedly by the citizens. Most of these celebrations culminate to causing pollution especially noise pollution due to festivities and rituals. One such festival is Ganesh Chaturthi or Ganeshotsav which is magnificently celebrated in Maharashtra state of India. In the present study, noise pollution levels during Ganeshotsav at famous community pandals in Mumbai city were monitored in the year 2020. Noise level data was analyzed based on indices such as L10, L50, L90, noise pollution level (LNP) and noise climate (NC). Comparison of noise levels was carried out for the collected data during Ganesh Chaturthi in the previous years of 2018 and 2019. The city witnessed simple festival celebration in eco-friendly manner leading to significant decrease in noise levels due to CoVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic situation is an eye-opener for the city administration with demonstration in reduction of noise pollution. Many aspects of the pandemic can be carried forward in making new guidelines and policies to curtail pollution and eco-friendly celebration of festivals.

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COVID-19大流行对节日庆祝活动和噪音污染水平的影响

摘要印度是一个每个宗教和社区都庆祝其文化的国家。节日在印度文化中扮演着重要的角色，公民们全心全意地庆祝节日。大多数庆祝活动最终都会造成污染，尤其是由于庆祝活动和仪式造成的噪音污染。其中一个节日是Ganesh Chaturthi或Ganeshotsav，在印度马哈拉施特拉邦举行了盛大的庆祝活动。在本研究中，2020年对孟买市著名社区熊猫Ganeshotsav期间的噪音污染水平进行了监测。根据L10、L50、L90、噪声污染水平（LNP）和噪声气候（NC）等指标对噪声水平数据进行分析。对2018年和2019年前几年Ganesh Chaturthi期间收集的数据进行了噪音水平比较。该市以环保的方式举行了简单的节日庆祝活动，导致新冠肺炎大流行导致噪音水平大幅下降。新冠疫情让城市管理部门大开眼界，他们展示了减少噪音污染的做法。在制定新的指导方针和政策以减少污染和环保节日庆祝活动时，可以推进疫情的许多方面。

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Noise Mapping ACOUSTICS-

CiteScore

7.80

自引率

17.90%

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审稿时长

12 weeks

期刊介绍： Ever since its inception, Noise Mapping has been offering fast and comprehensive peer-review, while featuring prominent researchers among its Advisory Board. As a result, the journal is set to acquire a growing reputation as the main publication in the field of noise mapping, thus leading to a significant Impact Factor. The journal aims to promote and disseminate knowledge on noise mapping through the publication of high quality peer-reviewed papers focusing on the following aspects: noise mapping and noise action plans: case studies; models and algorithms for source characterization and outdoor sound propagation: proposals, applications, comparisons, round robin tests; local, national and international policies and good practices for noise mapping, planning, management and control; evaluation of noise mitigation actions; evaluation of environmental noise exposure; actions and communications to increase public awareness of environmental noise issues; outdoor soundscape studies and mapping; classification, evaluation and preservation of quiet areas.