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The present study has been made to evaluate indoor and outdoor noise levels at different institutional and commercial units of Bishnah Town, Jammu. The observed values of noise levels in all the institutional and commercial units of the study area were found to be higher than the noise level values prescribed by the Central Pollution Control Board.

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Noise pollution Indoor Outdoor Commercial

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Rampal, R., & Pathania, D. (2009). Assessment of noise levels in institutional and commercial units of Bishnah Town, Jammu (J&K) India. Environment Conservation Journal, 10(3), 119–123. https://doi.org/10.36953/ECJ.2009.100324
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