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Nikisha Uddagiri ByExpress News ServiceHYDERABAD: If the statistics available with the Telangana Pollution Control Board (TSPCB) are anything to go by, the city is rapidly falling prey to noise pollution. Be it residential, commercial, industrial or even silence zones, people are facing extreme levels of noise pollution everywhere. Commercial areas like Abids, Paradise, RC Puram and JNTU witness higher noise pollution levels than the permissible limits. The noise levels at zoo stood at 42.2 in the day and 46.7 at night, while in Gachibowli the noise levels are 63.9 during the day and 61.8 at night. While noise levels have drastically increased, the most affected are silence zones which include schools and hospitals..