DJs are seen to be playing loud music and it is immaterial that such permission is granted only up to 10pm.
“No statistics have been filed by the concerned Respondent Nos.3 & 6 as to whether regular checking for noise levels caused by vehicles, two-wheelers as well as four-wheelers, cars as well as trucks, buses and other heavy-duty vehicles at vantage spots has been done and is being done and whether any penalty has been recovered from the violators of the Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules, 2000,” the order said. Kolkata: National Green Tribunal’s eastern zonal bench of justice B Amit Sthalekar (judicial member) and Saibal Dasgupta (expert member) has observed that there was no action taken - or at least visible - on the ground and “nothing has been placed before us to show that the Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules, 2000, are being strictly implemented.” The bench has also expressed displeasure over the fact that no affidavit was filed by the directorate general of police and the West Bengal pollution control board even though noise pollution has been rampant in cities like Kolkata, Howrah and Hooghly. Subhas Datta - at least three days before the next hearing on May 26.
