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city is affected by noise pollution. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION It is noticeable that the major part of the populations exposed to noise levels greater than 65 dB(A) everyday. There are about 3,000,000 different types of vehicles in the city of Tirupur which one third of them are more than 20-yearold. Planning along with lack of strong police monitoring are the major reasons of noise pollution in the city. Although heavy vehicles are not permitted to enter the city in the daytime 06:00 – 22:00 but still the main fraction of transport activities are relied to personal gasoline cars and diesel buses which generate the high level of noise pollution due to poor maintenance and old technology. The effects of noise pollution on cognitive task performance have been well-studied. Noise pollution impairs task performance at school and at work, increases errors, and decreases motivation. Reading attention, problem solving, and memory are most strongly affected by noise. Two types of memory deficits have been identified under experimental conditions: recall of subject content and recall of incidental details. Both are adversely influenced by noise. Deficits in performance can lead to errors and accidents, both of which have health and economic consequences. From the results it is noticed that not only the main areas are affected by noise pollution but also the school zone and hospital zones are affected highly. In school and hospitals if the same noise level is patented then it may affect in future to the inhabitants. Environmental noise pollution is to be controlled otherwise it may pose severe health hazards to the inhabitants of the city.  Although the problem of noise pollution has a long-standing legacy with humanity, its impacts are only now becoming fully understood. These impacts are not trivial, and both individual governments and the international community have pledged to confront the problem. However, no single magic bullet exists that will solve all noise pollution problems. This is due, in large part, to the difficulty of controlling noise pollution; noise is part of modern life and is often desirable, either as entertainment or for other benefits. While all but the most ardent optimists cannot envision a world without noise pollution, most people nevertheless realize it is necessary to at least manage and control such pollution. Accordingly, we must determine when it becomes necessary to manage noise pollution and how this goal should be achieved. The problem, however, is that this goal is difficult to achieve because attempts to reduce noise pollution, internationally and domestically, are commonly confronted by assertions that such actions are discriminatory 2 or cause undue economic harm. 3 In addition, noise pollution arises in incomprehensible numbers and types. Accordingly, no single solution can be applied to all types of noise pollu1. Alexander Gillespie, LL.B; LL.M(Hons) (Auckland). Ph.D (Nottingham). Professor of Law, University of Waikato, New Zealand. Gillespie is the recipient of fellowships from the Rotary, Fulbright, Rockerfeller and New Zealand Law Foundations. 2. See generally Int'l Civil Aviation Org. [ICAO], Review of Night Curfew Restrictions, ICAO Executive Committee, A36-WP/132 (2007) (explaining problems with night curfew for airports); see also ICAO, Consolidated Statement of Continuing ICAO Policies and Practices Related to Environmental Protection, Assemb. Res. A35-5 (2004), compiled in Assembly Resolutions in Force, at 1-42, ICAO Doc. 9848 [hereinafter Consolidated Statement 1] (Oct. 8, 2004) (referencing local noise-related operating restrictions at airports). 3. See Consolidated Statement I, supra note 2, at 140 (advising State Parties how to properly implement resolutions to lower noise pollution). Due to difficulties, the ICAO created resolutions which represented a careful balance between the interests of the various State Parties. Id. The ICAO called for restraint in the use of such measures. Id. If the State parties do implement the resolutions, the ICAO recommends that the resolutions be tailored so that there is a partial rather than a complete withdrawal of operations at an airport. Id. Similarly, the ICAO recom- mends that State Parties consider alternative solutions and take into account the airline industry, airports and environmental interests. Id. (181) 1 Gillespie: The No Longer Silent Problem: Confronting Noise Pollution in the Published by Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law Digital Repository, 2009 182 VILLANOVA ENVIRONMENTAL LAw JouRNAL [Vol. XX: p. 181 tion. Instead, a package of options should be considered, and a "balanced" approach should be adopted to undertake the management of noise pollution.4 II. NOISE There is no physical distinction between sound and noise. Sound is a sensory perception; complex patterns of sound waves are commonly identified in music, speech, or noise. 5 The word "noise" often possesses an element of displeasure that the word "sound" does not. While people may desire sounds, they usually do not desire noise; it is often considered a nuisance because it is the wrong sound, in the wrong place, at the wrong time. Some may identify displeasure with noise because the word "noise" is derived from the Latin word "nausea," meaning sea-sickness. 6 This link may have developed because of the ear's important role in regards to both 

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