This Article is From Sep 27, 2022

Loudspeakers Allowed Till Midnight On October 1 Amid Navratri In Mumbai

The release said that the district collectors fix 13 days for exemption and remaining two days are reserved for exemption for loudspeakers according to local conditions in the district.

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Loudspeakers till midnight are allowed October 1 also, apart from October 3 and 4. (Representational)

Mumbai:

The Maharashtra government today allowed the use of loudspeakers till midnight during the ongoing Navratri festival on October 1 also, apart from October 3 and 4, in Mumbai.

"Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday decided to give concession in Mumbai for the use of loudspeakers till midnight on October 1. Apart from October 3 (Monday) and October 4 (Tuesday), an additional day on Saturday (October 1) will be available for the use of loudspeakers till midnight during the ongoing Navratri festival," a release issued by the chief minister secretariat said.

Under the Environment and Climate Change Department's Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Revised Rules, 2017, the concerned district collectors have been authorized to announce exemptions for the use of loudspeakers on any 15 days in a year from 6 am to 12 pm, the release said.

It further said that generally the district collectors fix 13 days for this exemption and remaining two days are reserved for exemption according to local conditions in the district.

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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