Lucknow: As part of a drive to remove loudspeakers from religious places across Uttar Pradesh, the state police on Thursday informed it has taken action on nearly 1.30 lakh such devices. Schools have become the beneficiaries of the state government’s campaign.
The state of Uttar Pradesh is already setting an example in front of the country in taming loudspeakers. As many as 72,509 loudspeakers were removed from various places of worship during the statewide drive in Uttar Pradesh. While the volume of 56,558 loudspeakers was reduced to permissible levels.
The loudspeakers that were removed have been handed over to the schools. More than 13145 loudspeakers were donated for the morning assembly of the schools, while as many as 1583 speakers were handed over for the Public Address System in the area.
The state’s home department had on April 23 issued orders to remove loudspeakers from religious places. The CM’s directives were based on an order of the Allahabad High Court and the state authorities were on their toe to follow the same in letter and spirit.
The entire process was conducted peacefully and amicably by maintaining dialogues with the spiritual leaders of various communities. During the drive, the spiritual leaders were made aware of the noise pollution through loudspeakers.
Giving out a good message to society, the religious leaders extended their cooperation in removing the loudspeakers.
