National Environmental Quality Standards for Noise (Pak NEQS)

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Category of area / zone

Effective from 1st july 2010 Effective from 1st jan 2013 Limits in dB(A) Leq*
Day Time 65 70 80 55 Night Time 50 60 75 45 Day Time 55 65 75 55 Night Time 45 55 65 45

Residential Area A Commercial Area B Industrial Area C Silence Zone D Note Day Time 6 a.m to 10 p.m Night Time 10 p.m to 6 a.m Silence Zone: Zone which are declared by competent authority, an area comprising not less than 100 meter around hospitals, educational institutions and courts. Mixed category of the area may be declared one of the four above mentioned category by the competent authority *dB(A) Leq: Time Weighted Average of the level of sound in decibel on scale A which is reliable for human hearing

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