With the state government making it mandatory for religious sites to seek permission for using loudspeakers, members of some social organisations, Muslim clerics, and local corporators held a meeting, during which it was decided that help be provided to religious institutions, including mosques, in securing necessary permissions from authorities. The meeting was held at the Azam Campus on Thursday.

The Maharashtra Director General of Police (DGP) recently instructed the police units in the state to strictly enforce the law and Supreme Court's guidelines on the use of loudspeakers in the wake of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray's demand that loudspeakers atop mosques be removed by May 3.