Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Friday asked civic bodies and government authorities in Maharashtra to take firm action against organisations which flout noise pollution rules and pull up the trusts and others that illegally put up pandals during the festivals.
The direction was given by a bench of Justices Abhay Oka and V L Achilya, which was hearing a bunch of PILs on the issue of illegal pandals set up across the state during ‘dahi handi’ and Ganesh festivals with noise pollution rules flouted and inaction by the authorities.
The bench was informed by senior advocate Sanjeev Gorwadkar, appearing for one of the petitioners Mahesh Bedekar, that during the recent Ganesh and dahi handi festivals, several pandals had flouted noise pollution rules but no action was taken against them by police and the concerned civic body.
Thereupon, the bench inquired from state government and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) lawyers as to what action they proposed to take during the forthcoming Navrati festival this month and other festivals later. PTI
