ALLAHABAD: The Allahabad High Court on Sunday directed the Uttar PradeshPolice to remove loudspeakers installed at all the religious places in thestate in an attempt to curb the noise pollution.
The court directed the police to take down all the loudspeakers that havebeen installed without the requisite permission from authorities, said areport.
In addition, it maintained that on any particular occasion, priorpermission has to be taken from authorities to play loudspeakers.
As per a report, the court had earlier questioned the Uttar Pradesh saying,”Who has given the order for the use of loudspeakers at religious places”.
Following the court’s direction, the Uttar Pradesh IG (Law and Order)issued an instruction to the SP-SSP to follow the order of the High Court.
Last month in December, tension prevailed in Bijnor’s Madanpur after theAllahabad high court ordered the administration to remove loudspeakers,installed without the requisite permission, from a mosque and the Ravidasstemple with immediate effect.
The order, however, invited objections from the Muslim community, whoattemtped to prevent the police from taking down the loudspeaker. It wasremoved later only after heavy deployment of police force.
It should be noted that the villagers had approached the High Court in thisregard as they had clashed with each other over loudspeakers installed ateach other’s religious sites.
There has been a long dispute between the two communities over theinstallation of loudspeakers on the mosque and the temple in the village.
During the hearing of one of the petitions on the matter, the AllahabadHigh Court had ordered the administration to find out if the temple and themosque had permission to install loudspeakers in their premises, and ifnot, these be removed.