Chennai: People living near airports frequently complain about the sound of jet engines screaming overhead. Many of them are reduced to nervous wrecks constantly anticipating the next low-flying aircraft.
A recent UK study confirmed that people who live in neighbourhoods surrounding an airport are prone to various ailments due to the high decibel blasts. Researchers from Imperial College London and King's College London, who conducted the study, say residents of such localities are more vulnerable to heart diseases, stroke and hypertension than people in other parts of a city.
Nearly 350 flights land and take off from the airport in Chennai every day so it stands to reason that people in localities like St Thomas Mount, Adambakkam, Nanganallur, Pazhavanthangal and Tirusulam, all near the Meenambakkam airstrip, could be similarly affected.
02/01/14 Janani Sampath/Times of India
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A recent UK study confirmed that people who live in neighbourhoods surrounding an airport are prone to various ailments due to the high decibel blasts. Researchers from Imperial College London and King's College London, who conducted the study, say residents of such localities are more vulnerable to heart diseases, stroke and hypertension than people in other parts of a city.
Nearly 350 flights land and take off from the airport in Chennai every day so it stands to reason that people in localities like St Thomas Mount, Adambakkam, Nanganallur, Pazhavanthangal and Tirusulam, all near the Meenambakkam airstrip, could be similarly affected.
02/01/14 Janani Sampath/Times of India
