The Shiv Sena’s yearly Dussehra rally held at Shivaji Park yesterday started on a bang, quite literally. In spite of the conditions of having distributive sound systems and installing sound barriers as laid down by the High Court, the Sena went ahead with its yearly rally without paying heed to the diktats laid down by the HC and violated sound levels.

Ear-splitting: Noise activist Sumaira Abdulali shows a recording ofu00a067 dB at Shivaji Park during Sena’s Dussehra rally. The noise levels at Shivaji Park were later recorded at a thunderous 98 dB too. Pics/Neha Parekh