'Nearly 46,000 unauthorised loudspeakers removed from religious places'

Nearly 46000 unauthorised loudspeakers were removed from religious places and the volume of another 59000 was set to permissible limits across Uttar Pradesh following a government order a senior police official said on SaturdayUttar Pradeshs Additional Director General of Police Law and Order Prashant Kumar also said the drive to regulate the use of loudspeakers in religious places is being implemented without any discriminationUnder the drive beginning April 25 a total of 45733 loudspeakers was removed and the volume of 58861 others was lowered to the permissible decibel limit till Saturday morning Kumar saidAdditional Chief Secretary Home Awanish Awasthi said the state government has also sought compliance reports from district authorities on the drive till April 30The statewide drive to regulate the use of loudspeakers in religious places was launched on April 25 he said adding it will continue in the coming daysThe loudspeakers which are being removed are unauthorised Those loudspeakers which have been placed without taking due permission from the district administration or the ones which are used in excess of the permitted numbers are categorised as unauthorised ADG Kumar explained furtherHe said Orders of the high court regarding loudspeakers too are being considered during the exerciseThe action followed Chief Minister Yogi Adityanaths directions during his last weeks review meeting on law and order with senior officials hereThe chief minister had given the direction observing that the 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 premises People should not face any problem he had saidThe state authorities meanwhile also spoke to religious heads for maintaining law and order during the upcoming Eid festivitiesA total of 46 companies of Provincial Armed Constabulary seven companies of Central Armed Police Force along with 1492 police recruits have been deployed across the state to ensure law and order police officials saidThis 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