BHOPAL/INDORE: Madhya Pradesh chief minister Mohan Yadav on Saturday ordered strict enforcement of the ban on ‘unregulated use of loudspeakers‘ at religious places.
Acting on the CM’s instructions, Indore administration took down 437 loudspeakers from 258 places of worship during the day.
In Bhopal, police removed 96 loudspeakers from religious and other establishments.Similar drives were conducted across the state.
A place of worship can use a maximum of two loudspeakers, that too within permitted decibel levels – 75db in industrial areas during the day and 70db at night; 65db in commercial areas during the day and 55db at night hours; 55db in residential areas in the day and 45db at night.
In ‘silence zones’, it has to be below 50db in the day and 40db at night.
Acting on the CM’s instructions, Indore administration took down 437 loudspeakers from 258 places of worship during the day.
In Bhopal, police removed 96 loudspeakers from religious and other establishments.Similar drives were conducted across the state.
A place of worship can use a maximum of two loudspeakers, that too within permitted decibel levels – 75db in industrial areas during the day and 70db at night; 65db in commercial areas during the day and 55db at night hours; 55db in residential areas in the day and 45db at night.
In ‘silence zones’, it has to be below 50db in the day and 40db at night.
Source Agencies
