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List various measures for control of noise pollution.


 Noise Pollution can be controlled in the following ways:

1. Construction of sound-proof rooms for noisy machines in industries.

2. Radios and transistors should be kept at low volume.

3. Use of horns with jarring sound should be banned.

4. Noise producing industries, aerodromes, railway stations, etc. should be shifted away from the inhabited areas.

5. Proper laws should be enforced to check the misuse of loudspeakers and public announcement systems.

6. Need to enforce silence zone around institutions like educational institutes, residential areas, hospitals, etc.

7. Sound absorbing techniques like acoustical furnishing should be extensively employed.

8. Noise should be deflected away from the receiver by using mechanical devices.

9. Green muffler scheme that involves growing green plants along roadsides to reduce noise pollution should be followed and encouraged.

10. Stringent laws for permissible sound-levels of crackers should be made and followed.

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