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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Trump says he ‘hasn’t even thought about’ continuing Iran ceasefire
Washington: US President Donald Trump has said he has not yet considered whether he would continue the ceasefire involving Iran, while also claiming the United States holds the advantage in negotiations.
Speaking to reporters, Trump said he was prepared to make a deal with “whoever is running the show” in Iran.
“They are fighting with each other, there’s tremendous infighting. They’re probably fighting for leadership in many cases. I think they’re fighting not to be leader because we knocked out two levels of leaders,” he said.
Trump added, “When they want they can call me. We have all the cards, we’ve won everything.”
Referring to ongoing negotiations, he said, “They gave us a paper that should’ve been better. And, interestingly, immediately when I cancelled it [envoy trip to Pakistan], within 10 minutes we got a new paper that was much better.”
“We talked about they will not have a nuclear weapon, very simple … They offered a lot, but not enough,” he added.
When asked whether he would continue the ceasefire, Trump replied, “I haven’t even thought about it.”
The remarks come as uncertainty remains over the future of the temporary truce and broader negotiations between Washington and Tehran.
