In Uttar Pradesh, A Loudspeaker Removal Drive Ahead Of Festivals

Pictures tweeted from various UP police Twitter handles in the last few days show loudspeakers being removed from both temples and mosques.

The Uttar Pradesh police today said hundreds of loudspeakers have been removed from religious places and thousands regulated across the states after dialogues with leaders of different religions, as part of an initiative started on orders of the Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath. मा0 उच्चतम न्यायालय द्वारा जारी आदेश के अनुपालन में थाना खरगूपुर क्षेत्र के मंदिर/मस्जिद के धर्मगुरुओं द्वारा आपसी सहमति से अपने-अपने धार्मिक प्रांगण में लगे लाउड स्पीकरों को स्वेच्छा से हटावाया गया एवं अन्य की गति धीमी की गई। pic.twitter.com/o4Pzt82kJ0

In a law-and-order meeting review meeting last week, Yogi Adityanath had ordered special measures after the clashes in Delhi's Jahangirpuri, and also because the festivals of Eid and Akshay Tritiya are likely to fall on the same date early next month.

One of those directions was to remove illegal loudspeakers from religious places and to regulate noise from sanctioned ones as per various court directions. The chief minister also said no new permissions for loudspeakers would be given.

Pictures tweeted from various UP police Twitter handles in the last few days show loudspeakers being removed from both temples and mosques and many religious leaders speaking in favour of this.