Garba spirit moves in circles along with noise, complaints in Mumbai

Mumbai | Friday | 19th October, 2018

Summary:

A senior police official said that Mumbai police was prompt in responding to complaints of noise pollution on its control room as well as its twitter handle. Though there were complaints of high noise levels as well as 10 pm deadline being breached, anti-noise pollution activists maintained that large-scale awareness has played an active role in citizens promptly registering complaints of noise violations. "We had asked all police stations to implement the High Court order on noise pollution strictly. Meanwhile Sanjay Salunke of Awaaz Foundation who recorded noise level on October 13 the day when the deadlines were relaxed till midnight said that at 98.6dB, the highest noise level was recorded at Kora Kendra, Borivali, followed by Falguni Pathak's garba near Late Shri Pramod Mahajan Sports Complex in Chikuwadi, Borivali where the maximum noise level recorded was 98.2dB. Buildings and large residential complexes followed the noise deadline..