After the Indore administration took down 437 loudspeakers from 258 religious places of different communities over the last two days, a delegation from the Muslim community on Monday met authorities to raise objections to the move.
“In compliance with the orders issued by the government of Madhya Pradesh, action was taken on Saturday to remove sound amplifying devices from religious places. A total of 437 loudspeakers were removed from 258 different religious places, which were well above the prescribed norms. This action was taken after talking to all committees, be it temples or mosques,” Additional DCP Rajesh Dandotiya said.
He said an appeal has also been made to the management of these places not to use loudspeakers in the future.
A delegation led by Indore’s Shahar Qazi, Mohammad Ishrat Ali, met Collector Ashish Singh to voice concerns over the action.
Talking to reporters after the meeting, Ali said, “Be it temples or mosques, loudspeakers have been removed from all the religious places in the city. We demand loudspeakers be allowed in religious places within the permissible noise limit as per the guidelines of the Supreme Court.”
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