Lucknow: Welcoming the Uttar Pradesh government’s order on the removal of illegal loudspeakers from religious places, Muslim clerics have termed it a move in the interest of the nation.
Sufiyan Nizami, a cleric, said, "The Allahabad High Court's order should be welcomed by everyone as it is in the interest of the nation. But if the government has to act it should first check on the loudspeakers used in private functions such as marriages and political rallies. The use of loudspeakers at religious places is done for a very limited period of time.”
After being pulled up by the HC over noise pollution, the UP government on Sunday issued detailed directives on the use of permanently installed loudspeakers at public places.
The HC in December 2017 had asked the UP government whether the loudspeakers or public address systems installed at mosques, temples, churches, gurdwaras etc. were installed after obtaining a written permission from the authorities concerned.
The Yogi Adityanath government has set a deadline of January 15 to obtain permission from authorities on loudspeaker usage.
The government has also directed action against the authorities who fail to ensure compliance.
The division bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Abdul Moin issued the directions on a PIL moved by lawyer Moti Lal Yadav, seeking strict compliance of the Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules that had been framed in 2000.
Reiterating that right to live in freedom from noise pollution and right to sleep being a facet of Article 21 of the Constitution, the bench cautioned the officials to appear in person before it, if their personal affidavits were not filed till the next hearing.
As per rule, loudspeakers installed in public places cannot have a sound level more than 10 dB (decibel) above ambient noise level at the periphery of a public place and 5 dB above ambient noise level at the periphery of a private place.
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