Sound can make you silent

The Dhaka city is now being called the city of pollution. The city has already crossed the limit of pollution to a far extent. Playing of hydraulic horns of vehicles, advertising through mikes, machining of mechanical parts here and there irrespective of residential or campus areas and near the hospitals and clinics are some of the very common and frustrating scenarios of Dhaka city. But it is a matter of grave concern that nobody is coming to take a stern action against the menace of sound pollution which is gradually coming to the city dwellers as a monster. And we are only observing the situation to advance from bad to worse.

The experts are saying that the level at which the sound is being created in the city is far higher than the tolerable limit of the city people and the high level of sound is causing a severe harmful pressure on the heart, kidney and the brain of the inhabitants of the capital city. This high pitched sound is also one of the causes of deafness, gastric and diabetes. Everyday the sound pollution in Dhaka city is destroying the audible power of thousands of children. The sound pollution also causes peevish temperament, hampers the intellect of the children and makes them apathetic towards their studies. Any sort of sound pollution seriously affects the expecting mothers. At the worst, this may lead to the losing of one's mental balance.

But now the question is what could be the solution of this problem? Proper actions should be taken against random use of mikes here and there without significant causes, playing of very old vehicles in the city thoroughfares, operating mills and factories in the residential areas and using of hydraulic horns in the vehicles. According to the Forest and Environment Preservation Law of 1997, Hospitals, Educational institutions and some other institutions selected by the government are marked as the silence areas up to 100 meters from their positions. But nobody is going to heed that. How long this will go? People's awareness is highly desirable here. We like to make high sounds in various negligible causes. But we ourselves are the victims of the sound pollution. If the people are made aware of the harmful effects of sound pollution, the height of sound pollution will obviously come down. For that, we only need to be dutiful and responsible and the authorities concerned to put utmost stress on creating consciousness among the people to prevent sound pollution. At least we must not put heavy pressure on our ears and we must remember that everything has a limit and crossing of that limit i.e. excessive pressure on the ears which help you to hear may turn them into a part which can make you only feel silent!