Religious centres must obtain permission to use loudspeakers within 15 days: DK DC orders
Mangaluru: The Dakshina Kannada District Commissioner has issued an order stating that all religious centres must obtain permission to use loudspeakers for their programs within 15 days.
Going forward, all religious, educational, and public places in the district must mandatorily obtain permission to use loudspeakers, the order elaborates.
According to the Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules, 2000 and Environmental Protection Act 1986, as per the order of the state government, a committee has been set up after calling a gathering of district-level officials to control noise pollution.
Under that, all religious centres are required to mandatorily obtain permission to use loudspeakers from the concerned authority within 15 days.
If any religious centre does not obtain permission within 15 days, then such centres will have to voluntarily clear all loudspeakers, and mikes from their premise. Otherwise, the official authority will undertake a clearance operation in this regard, the DC has warned.
According to this law, the public must compulsorily obtain permission to use loudspeakers for any gathering or program, and religious activity between 6 am to 10 pm. If the loudspeakers are used between 10 pm to 6 am, legal action will be undertaken against those using them, the District Commissioner informed.
After obtaining the permission, if the mike is being used excessively that too will result in legal actions, he informed.
The District Commissioner Dr. Rajendra K.V. has already instructed the officials from the recently constituted committee to dispose of the applications.
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Gujarat Titans beat Royal Challengers Bengaluru by four wickets
Ahmedabad (PTI): Skipper Shubman Gill and Jos Buttler played useful knocks to help Gujarat Titans chase down defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s modest total, securing a four-wicket win in their Indian Premier League match here on Thursday.
Despite RCB pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar (3/28) tormenting the hosts, opener Gill scored a belligerent 43 off 18 balls, while Buttler smashed 39 off 19 to power Gujarat to their fifth win of the season and take their points tally to 10. They chased down a modest 155 in 15.5 overs for
the loss of six wickets.
Earlier, RCB were dismissed in 19.2 overs with their batters struggling against the bowling attack led by Kagiso Rabada and Mohammed Siraj.
RCB, who are placed second on the points table, could not stitch together a fruitful partnership, losing wickets at regular intervals as Siraj (1/38) and Rabada (1/44) reduced them to 35 for 2 in the fourth over, from where they could not recover.
Left-arm pacer Arshad Khan (3/22) took the wickets of RCB skipper Rajat Patidar (19), Krunal Pandya (4) and Venkatesh Iyer (12), while Jason Holder (2/29) and Rashid Khan (2/19) also grabbed two wickets each.
Devdutt Padikkal was the highest run-getter for RCB, scoring 40 off 24 balls.
Brief Scores:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru 155 all out in 19.2 overs (Devdutt Padikkal 40, Virat Kohli 28; Arshad Khan 3/22, Mohammed Siraj 1/38, Kagiso Rabada 1/44, Rashid Khan 2/19, Jason Holder 2/29).
Gujarat Titans 158 for 6 in 15.5 overs (Shubman Gill 43, Jos Buttler 39; Bhuvneshwar Kumar 3/28, Romario Shepherd 2/30).
