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- PIL in Gujarat high court seeks to curb noise pollution
PIL in Gujarat high court seeks to curb noise pollution
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The petitioner has demanded that authorities declare the upper noise limit for loudspeakers. The petitioner also alleges police inaction
AHMEDABAD: A PIL in the Gujarat high court has sought to curb noise pollution in the city in form of private and public functions where DJ trucks and public announcement (PA) systems are used.
The petitioner has demanded that the authorities should declare what is the upper noise limit beyond which a loudspeaker is not allowed to be used.
The PIL has been filed by a practising advocate Kaivan Dastoor, who has demanded implementation of the Gujarat Pollution Control Board’s Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules and its decision taken on December 3, 2019 that no sound system should be allowed to be used without sound limiters installed in them.
Through his queries under the provisions of RTI Act, the lawyer found out that Ahmedabad city police got 10,277 complaints about noise pollution in 18 months since January 2021, but no action was taken. The cops acted at two instances – once in Shahibaug where a truck carrying DJ system was seized and another in Danilimda, where a marriage procession was intercepted during the Covid-19 pandemic because they were not following the then prevalent Covid guidelines.
The petition mentions that Ahmedabad city witnesses a rampant use of loudspeakers/DJ trucks blaring public address systems during every festive occasion. The most uncontrolled of all are marriage processions which know no bounds to the volumes at which loudspeakers are being played during the night hours.
There is also a complete disregard to silent zones like hospital and education institutes.
The petitioner further submits that the city and district police have displayed total inaction so far as GPCB rules on noise pollution are concerned. There is urgent need for the police to identify locations, institutions and persons frequently violating noise pollution control rules.
For this, the PIL has urged the HC to direct authorities to implement GPCB’s rules by ensuring that no sound system is allowed to be played in the public without sound limiters installed in them.
He demanded action against the defaulters under the law in form of imposing penalty.
He has also requested the court to frame guidelines for the authorities to ensure that noise pollution is prevented. The PIL is likely to come up for the hearing on Monday.
The petitioner has demanded that the authorities should declare what is the upper noise limit beyond which a loudspeaker is not allowed to be used.
The PIL has been filed by a practising advocate Kaivan Dastoor, who has demanded implementation of the Gujarat Pollution Control Board’s Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules and its decision taken on December 3, 2019 that no sound system should be allowed to be used without sound limiters installed in them.
Through his queries under the provisions of RTI Act, the lawyer found out that Ahmedabad city police got 10,277 complaints about noise pollution in 18 months since January 2021, but no action was taken. The cops acted at two instances – once in Shahibaug where a truck carrying DJ system was seized and another in Danilimda, where a marriage procession was intercepted during the Covid-19 pandemic because they were not following the then prevalent Covid guidelines.
The petition mentions that Ahmedabad city witnesses a rampant use of loudspeakers/DJ trucks blaring public address systems during every festive occasion. The most uncontrolled of all are marriage processions which know no bounds to the volumes at which loudspeakers are being played during the night hours.
There is also a complete disregard to silent zones like hospital and education institutes.
The petitioner further submits that the city and district police have displayed total inaction so far as GPCB rules on noise pollution are concerned. There is urgent need for the police to identify locations, institutions and persons frequently violating noise pollution control rules.
For this, the PIL has urged the HC to direct authorities to implement GPCB’s rules by ensuring that no sound system is allowed to be played in the public without sound limiters installed in them.
He demanded action against the defaulters under the law in form of imposing penalty.
He has also requested the court to frame guidelines for the authorities to ensure that noise pollution is prevented. The PIL is likely to come up for the hearing on Monday.
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