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In Aurangabad city, the number of mandals would be 800 to 1,000.Aurangabad commissioner of police Chiranjeev Prasad said, “Police are absolutely ok with playing traditional music but not DJ music systems. Following certain interim orders in the said petition, the court put restrictions on playing/using DJ (sound) system. They may go for the traditional music. Aurangabad: In view of high court rulings as well as the other laws in place, police units across the eight districts of Marathwada would not be granting permission for playing of DJ music system during the 10-day long Ganapati festival starting next week.The decision would be a setback for the revellers who were expecting relief this year.Aurangabad range comprising Aurangabad rural, Jalna, Beed and Osmanabad districts, this year is likely to have at least 4,000 public Ganesh mandals, while the Nanded range comprising Nanded, Parbhani, Hingoli and Beed are expecting about 8,000 mandals. If people don’t mend their ways, police would also look into the other violations, including illegal altering of vehicles that mount the DJ music systems.”Elaborating on the norms, Aurangabad range IG Prakash Mutyal told TOI, “Any music system with noise above 55 decibels is violation of the set norms and through a series of meetings we have made it clear that offences would be initiated against anyone playing music above 55 decibels.”The authorities a police stations across the region have given devices for measurement of noise pollution and a group of policemen in each police station have been trained in measuring noise pollution scientifically.Nanded range IG FK Patil said, “We have conveyed to all the Ganesh mandals to ensure that they do not play DJ music systems..