Two arrested in Varanasi for noise pollution
November 26th, 2009 - 5:31 pm ICT by IANS ( 1 comment )By Nabeel A. Khan
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh), Nov 26 (IANS) In the first such case in this ancient city, two people have been arrested for causing noise pollution. This come four years after the Supreme Court imposed strict norms on noise levels. Police admit they have been indifferent to the problem so far. Anil Kumar, the police officer at Chet Ganj police station who filed the case, told IANS Thursday: “We received a complaint Tuesday from people in the Ram Katora area at around 11.30 p.m. through SMS and a phone call about DJs.
“So I went to the spot and asked them to stop DJing, but they did not stop, resulting in the arrest of two people and the seizure of the loudspeaker and other instruments.”
Bharat Kumar and Ashish, who were DJs at a wedding party, were arrested and released on bail the next day, police said.
Under Supreme Court directives dated 2005, after 10 p.m. no instrument or device that causes noise pollution can be allowed. Even before 10 p.m., music or any other instrument should be used in a manner that if two people are talking in a nearby area they should not be disturbed.
To a great extent, the case in Varanasi was a result of sustained campaigning against noise pollution.
“I had filed a request under Right to Information (RTI) rules Oct 20 and asked whether any case was ever registered in the city over violation of noise pollution, but I was surprised when I got the reply in the negative Nov 12,” Chetan Upadhyaya, secretary of the NGO Satya Foundation, told IANS.
Police officials admit “it was after a continuous campaign by Satya Foundation that we came to notice the provision of law and punishment for the noise pollution”.
“On Nov 24, I had requested the director general of police (DGP) and the principal secretary, home, to inspect noise pollution in the state which is causing a law and order problem,” Upadhyaya said.
“The DGP admitted that police were not so serious about the noise pollution problem and remained indifferent. He said the issue was alarming and needs to be taken up seriously,” he said.
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January 9th, 2011 at 3:33 pm
Dear sir,
this is to inform you that in ANNAPURNA NAGAR COLONY, OPP.VIDYAPEETH ROad and OPP.SUNBEAM ANNAPURnA SCHOOL, there is a cyber cafe which is using the generator in the residential premises of appt.BLOCK B1 without any permission of socity and using the domestic electricity at commercial use, this is causing govt. revenu loss, and when the socity is talking with him is is using voluger languages and absues, he is taking the funds from an APPT.Rama Kunj for generator connection and giving them electricity backup, and we are the socity families facing lots of noice pollution and air pollution due to which our grand parents and kids are going to irritate and not in position to even sleep after coming from the school.
This is happening from last 3 months, which is hamperring our daily working and also our health.
Kindly request you to please do the needful as soon as possible so that we can leave normally and give a good lession to the cyber cafe so that in future he will not able to do this type of work.
Regards:
Anil Singh
Annapurna nagar
Varanasi