Noida: Seventeen DJs have been booked for allegedly violating sound amplification norms, days after police despatched notices to almost 900 locations of worship and different institutions over compliance with guidelines in utilizing loudspeakers in Gautam Budh Nagar district.
These operators created sound air pollution, a police officer mentioned on Thursday. About 18 autos of the operators have been seized. “Essential authorized motion was taken towards them,” an announcement by the Noida police mentioned on Thursday, referring to the notices despatched on Tuesday.
Earlier this week, police despatched notices to 621 temples, 268 mosques, 217 marriage halls, 182 DJ operators and 16 others, asking them to make sure that the Allahabad HC’s order on use of loudspeakers is adopted. The notices have been despatched after CM Yogi Adityanath directed officers in Lucknow to make sure that the sound of loudspeaker stays confined to the premises it's being performed in. On the identical assembly that got here within the wake of communal violence in Delhi, the CM requested police to stay vigilant as Eid and Akshaya Tritiya festivals have been prone to coincide.
Love Kumar, Joint CP, mentioned police held a peace committee with non secular heads and village leaders on Tuesday. “In view of upcoming festivals prone to fall on identical day, discussions have been held to make sure that peace and concord prevails,” he mentioned.