For 3 days during Navratri, loudspeakers in Mumbai allowed to stay on till midnight
October 14, 2015
Mumbai
In last few years, Navratri celebrations with loudspeakers are allowed only till 10.00 pm in Maharashtra.
With BJP in power, the Maharashtra government has now approved the relaxation on the loudspeaker ban for three days during Navratri till 12 am.
This decision has come in response to representation made on Tuesday by a delegation of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, led by state minister Vidya Thakur and Mumbai BJP chief Ashish Shela. The BJP delegation met chief minister Devendra Fadnavis asking for the relaxation.
According to the Supreme Court guidelines, the state government has the power to relax restrictions on the use of loudspeakers in case of cultural or religious occasions not exceeding 15 days in a year and that the time period should be announced at the beginning of the festival itself. The state has already allowed a relaxation for five days during Ganeshotsav in September. The other days where loudspeakers are restricted include Eid, Diwali, Christmas and New Year’s Eve.
– DeshGujarat
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