Raipur: Town’s police have seized almost half a dozen DJs/amplifiers through the immersion procession of Ganesh idols over the weekend. This motion reportedly got here in compliance with a Chhattisgarh Excessive Courtroom order, which directed the chief secretary to supply an affidavit detailing the steps taken to deal with noise air pollution points throughout festive events.
The seized DJ techniques had been from Patan in Durg district, the Deendayal Upadhyay Nagar police official advised TOI earlier. They added that they acquired complaints from native hospitals concerning the loud noise inflicting disturbances to sufferers. “As Mahadev Ghaat space falls beneath our police station’s jurisdiction, we needed to take motion towards the DJs,” the police mentioned.
In the meantime, DJ operators — Himesh Sahu, Deepesh Yadav, Yashwant Thakur, and Vasu Nishad — have claimed that DJ operators from Patan had been being unfairly focused. They mentioned that many DJ operators with larger techniques producing louder noise (from Raipur) had been untouched by the police whereas their pleas to maintain their DJ units went unanswered.
The police, nonetheless, mentioned that the seizure was accomplished for enjoying music through the festivities put up the prescribed time restrict, that too at a better quantity inflicting inconvenience to the residents. The autos and sound techniques had been seized, and motion was initiated beneath part 15 of the Kolahal Act, the police mentioned.
The people booked had been Satish Lahre, 30, resident of Vikas Nagar Guddiyari, Raipur; Manas Kumar Sahu, 25, resident of Patan; Yashwant Thakur, 28, resident of Patan; Takeshwar Sahu, 24, Sakin Raipura Vipra Nagar, Raipur, and Vasu Nishad, 21, resident of Mandir Hasaud, Raipur.
The division bench of Chhattisgarh Excessive Courtroom, comprising Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice N Ok Chandravanshi, not too long ago famous {that a} contempt petition associated to noise air pollution from a earlier writ petition is at present pending. The HC referred to a Supreme Courtroom resolution on noise air pollution and famous that peace and freedom from noise are elementary rights, and no property proprietor has absolutely the proper to create noise that disrupts their neighbours’ peace and luxury. The Courtroom additionally known as on regulation enforcement companies to make use of sound degree meters conforming to the Bureau of Indian Requirements (BIS) code. It advisable preventive measures, equivalent to banning excessively loud horns in auto-mobiles.
The Excessive Courtroom noticed that loudspeakers, amplifiers, and different noise-producing tools discovered violating the regulation needs to be topic to seizure and confiscation. Noting that these directives had been being blatantly disregarded and constituted contempt of courtroom, the HC scheduled additional hearings on the matter for October 10.
This growth highlights the rising concern over noise air pollution throughout festive events and the necessity for extra strict enforcement of rules to guard residents’ well-being.
The seized DJ techniques had been from Patan in Durg district, the Deendayal Upadhyay Nagar police official advised TOI earlier. They added that they acquired complaints from native hospitals concerning the loud noise inflicting disturbances to sufferers. “As Mahadev Ghaat space falls beneath our police station’s jurisdiction, we needed to take motion towards the DJs,” the police mentioned.
In the meantime, DJ operators — Himesh Sahu, Deepesh Yadav, Yashwant Thakur, and Vasu Nishad — have claimed that DJ operators from Patan had been being unfairly focused. They mentioned that many DJ operators with larger techniques producing louder noise (from Raipur) had been untouched by the police whereas their pleas to maintain their DJ units went unanswered.
The police, nonetheless, mentioned that the seizure was accomplished for enjoying music through the festivities put up the prescribed time restrict, that too at a better quantity inflicting inconvenience to the residents. The autos and sound techniques had been seized, and motion was initiated beneath part 15 of the Kolahal Act, the police mentioned.
The people booked had been Satish Lahre, 30, resident of Vikas Nagar Guddiyari, Raipur; Manas Kumar Sahu, 25, resident of Patan; Yashwant Thakur, 28, resident of Patan; Takeshwar Sahu, 24, Sakin Raipura Vipra Nagar, Raipur, and Vasu Nishad, 21, resident of Mandir Hasaud, Raipur.
The division bench of Chhattisgarh Excessive Courtroom, comprising Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice N Ok Chandravanshi, not too long ago famous {that a} contempt petition associated to noise air pollution from a earlier writ petition is at present pending. The HC referred to a Supreme Courtroom resolution on noise air pollution and famous that peace and freedom from noise are elementary rights, and no property proprietor has absolutely the proper to create noise that disrupts their neighbours’ peace and luxury. The Courtroom additionally known as on regulation enforcement companies to make use of sound degree meters conforming to the Bureau of Indian Requirements (BIS) code. It advisable preventive measures, equivalent to banning excessively loud horns in auto-mobiles.
The Excessive Courtroom noticed that loudspeakers, amplifiers, and different noise-producing tools discovered violating the regulation needs to be topic to seizure and confiscation. Noting that these directives had been being blatantly disregarded and constituted contempt of courtroom, the HC scheduled additional hearings on the matter for October 10.
This growth highlights the rising concern over noise air pollution throughout festive events and the necessity for extra strict enforcement of rules to guard residents’ well-being.
