22,000 illegal loudspeakers removed from religious places in Uttar Pradesh

Close to 22000 unauthorised loudspeakers were removed from religious places and volume of over 42000 was set to permissible limits across Uttar Pradesh following a government order a senior police official said on ThursdayThe state government on April 23 ordered for removal of illegal loudspeakers from religious places in the stateA statewide drive is being undertaken to remove unauthorised loudspeakers from religious places and set the volume of others within permissible limits Additional Director General of Police Law and Order Prashant Kumar saidHe added that loudspeakers are being removed from all religious places without any discriminationUnder this exercise a total of 21963 loudspeakers were removed and volume of 42332 such devices was set within permissible limits till Thursday evening Kumar saidExplaining further about the action he said The loudspeakers which are being removed are unauthorisediquestThose loudspeakers which have been placed without taking due permission from the district administration or the ones which are placed in excess of the permitted numbers are categorised as unauthorised he addedHe said that orders of the high court regarding loudspeakers are also being considered during the exerciseThe action followed after Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath during a review meeting on law and order with senior officials here last week said people have the freedom to perform their religious practices according to their faithThough microphones can be used it should be ensured that the sound does not come out of any premises People should not face any problemiquest he had saidThe home department has also sought a compliance report from the districts over the removal of loudspeakers from religious places by April 30Meanwhile the state authorities also spoke to religious heads for maintaining law and order during upcoming Alvida Namaz offering prayers on last Friday of Ramzan and Eid festivitiesAs per information shared by the home department local officials have spoken to 29808 heads of different religionsThe authorities have identified 2846 sensitive places across the state where Namaz is offeredA total of 46 companies of PAC Provincial Armed Constabulary seven companies of Central Armed Police Force CAPF along with 1492 police personnel have been deployed across the state to ensure law and orderThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever