As part of the statewide drive against loudspeakers, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has ordered action against more than 1.29 lakh loudspeakers in the state.
Around 72,509 loudspeakers have been pulled down from different religious places and the volume of 56,558 loudspeakers has been lowered and brought down to the level of standard parameters in the state.
While many loudspeakers were removed across the state, volumes of many loudspeakers have been adjusted to be within prescribed limits as per the orders. Apart from this, around 13,145 loudspeakers have been donated to schools and 1,583 loudspeakers were given to the uninstalled public address systems.
REMOVAL OF LOUDSPEAKERS IN UP
UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath issued an order to remove illegal loudspeakers from religious places across the state on April 23. The statewide campaign started after the order of the Allahabad High Court.
The religious leaders in Uttar Pradesh welcomed Yogi Adityanath’s decision to limit the volume of loudspeakers at religious places in order to avoid inconvenience to those residing nearby.
VOLUME OF LOUDSPEAKERS LOWERED
On April 26, the state government had said that loudspeakers can be used at religious places in the state with permission but the sound should not be heard outside the premises concerned.
The government asked the volume of loudspeakers to be lowered to the standards set for all the religious places, including the temples and mosques in the state. Orders were given to take them down if the rules were violated and the volume of loudspeakers at 17,000 religious places across the state was lowered.
The Uttar Pradesh Home Department on April 26 said that illegal loudspeakers will be removed from religious places across the state. It also said that loudspeakers flouting the noise limit standards would be removed.