Severe sound pollution

The court has restricted motorists without helmets, likewise the use of loud speakers. The police have found helmet raid as a source of quick money and by this time collected Rs 22 crore or more for the cash crunch state exchequer.   Nevertheless this sort of attention is not seen in checking sound pollution. The police are losing a huge chunk of cash by ignoring sound polluters.

I am a resident of Maraikulam in Alappuzha district where all local worship places are in excessive use of public address system defying the court direction. The police ignore high decibel sound despite alert from some activists in and around Alappuzha. There is excessive use of fireworks with high decibel but no police is seen checking it. High dB dynamites, capable of damaging nearby buildings are used even by local communal and political outfits during their ward meetings. The police are least bothered about this blatant violation of the court order.  

Who did give these people the permission to use mike throughout the night paying no heed to the plight of the aged and ailing people is a significant question. This is atrocious and quite disturbing. I request the authority, whoever it may be, to take immediate action to stop excessive sound pollution.

K A Solaman
Published Deccan Chronicle on18-4-13