NOIDA: The police received over 3,000 complaints of noise pollution from across the district this year till December 24, at an average of eight calls per day. Eighty-one per cent of these complaints, according to data, were received during the festive and wedding season with the highest number of calls received in November.
According to officials, most of the complaints were tended to by local police or police response vehicles (PRVs) and were related to playing loud music at night. Several complaints were also received from high-rise societies against residents making noise during non-permissible hours. Of the total 3,052 calls, 598 were received in November, followed by February (503), December (458), October (381), March (306), January (232), April (128), September (106), July (101), August (85), June (81) and May (73).
“An analysis of the data showed that most of the call made in November against people bursting firecrackers on Diwali (November 4). In December, February and March, most complaints were related to celebrations during festivals and weddings,” a police officer said. Between January and November, the district traffic police have issued 2,689 challans for noise pollution.
Sunita Bhadana, a housewife and resident of Supertech Ecovillage 1, said, “Students and bachelors living do not understand that there are aged and sick people living in the neighbourhood. Playing loud music late into the night disturb them. So far, police action has been swift.”
Recently, there have been complaints against disc jockeys playing loud music at wedding and banquet halls located in the vicinity of residential societies.
According to officials, most of the complaints were tended to by local police or police response vehicles (PRVs) and were related to playing loud music at night. Several complaints were also received from high-rise societies against residents making noise during non-permissible hours. Of the total 3,052 calls, 598 were received in November, followed by February (503), December (458), October (381), March (306), January (232), April (128), September (106), July (101), August (85), June (81) and May (73).
“An analysis of the data showed that most of the call made in November against people bursting firecrackers on Diwali (November 4). In December, February and March, most complaints were related to celebrations during festivals and weddings,” a police officer said. Between January and November, the district traffic police have issued 2,689 challans for noise pollution.
Sunita Bhadana, a housewife and resident of Supertech Ecovillage 1, said, “Students and bachelors living do not understand that there are aged and sick people living in the neighbourhood. Playing loud music late into the night disturb them. So far, police action has been swift.”
Recently, there have been complaints against disc jockeys playing loud music at wedding and banquet halls located in the vicinity of residential societies.
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