Concerted efforts of all the government, non- government and volunteer organisations concerned can be the crucial means of mitigating noise pollution as it's being judged one of the silent killers at present.

Forging social resistance has become an urgent need to fight against noise pollution to save people from being infected with various physical and mental disorders. Noise pollution is the main reason behind 30 major diseases in the human body and around five percent of the population is affected physically and mentally by the pollution.

Academics and experts came up with the importance while addressing a workshop titled "Physical Risks due to Noise Pollution and Way Forward to Check the Pollution" here on Thursday.

On behalf of its "Integrated and Partnership Project on Noise Pollution Control" project, the Department of Environment (DoE) organised the workshop at the lecture gallery of the Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences at Rajshahi University (RU).