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Mohali: DEO orders noise monitoring of political rallies/campaigning during election
Violators Will Be Taken to the Task
Babushahi Bureau
Mohali, April 15, 2024: Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Electoral Officer, Aashika Jain has ordered noise monitoring of the sound being used in the political rallies/campaigning during the elections.
Divulging the details, the Deputy Commissioner said that the loudspeakers are the most common and effective mode of campaign because of their loud sound and mobility.
She said that keeping in view its high decibel; loudspeakers have also become a serious menace to an environment that disturbs the peace of various sections of society like sick/infirm/old age people/students or household animals.
Striking a balance between the right of political parties to use it as a means of the election campaign on one hand and the right of general public on the other hand, the Election Commission of India already issued instructions that decibels of the sound generated by loudspeakers/amplifiers do not exceed the permissible limit as fixed under the relevant law/guidelines.
To abide by the instructions of the ECI, Er Vipan Kumar, Assistant Environmental Engineer, Punjab Pollution Control Board, has been deputed as the Nodal Officer to carry the noise monitoring during the Model Code of Conduct.
She said that the violators would have to face the action as per the provisions of the Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules, 2000.