In a transfer geared toward lowering noise air pollution and offering reduction to folks, particularly college students, ailing and the aged, the Jammu municipal company (MC) on Tuesday handed a decision for the elimination of loudspeakers and public handle programs working with out permission from non secular and public locations, evoking criticism from the rival Congress.

The decision was moved by BJP corporator Narottam Sharma looking for instructions to the district Justice of the Peace to take away loudspeakers and public handle programs which might be being operated in banquet and neighborhood halls, mosques, temples, gurdwaras, church buildings and different non secular shrines with out permission.

As per the decision, the Jammu district Justice of the Peace is required to make sure that no such units are performed inside the MC jurisdiction between 10 pm and 6 am.

Jammu mayor Chander Mohan Gupta stated, “The proposal was tabled within the annual normal assembly and each member was heard. It was handed by majority and now the administration will implement it. The choice is for all and never for any particular faith.”

The transfer comes within the backdrop of a raging debate over using loudspeakers in mosques.

Nevertheless, corporators from the Opposition stiffly opposed the choice and stated that it'll vitiate peaceable ambiance of Jammu, recognized for brotherhood.

“We might have appreciated had they introduced a decision on liquor retailers, which have mushroomed close to non secular locations, together with historic temples, in Jammu metropolis. The federal government has made Jammu a hub of liquor retailers,” stated one of many Opposition corporators.

It could be famous that a number of states, together with Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, have banned using unauthorised loudspeakers from non secular locations.

Final week, the Karnataka authorities had prohibited using loudspeakers between 10 pm and 6 am.