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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Rishikesh Bahadur Desai

Belagavi MLA says Ganesh Mandals will celebrate festival as it has always been done

After Belagavi district officials informed Ganesh Mandals that pollution control norms will be strictly enforced during the Ganesh festival this year, Member of Legislative Assembly Abhay Patil sent a message to the mandals that the festival will be celebrated as it has always been done.

A video message circulated by the BJP leader is being interpreted as an assurance by the leader that he will protect them if they were to violate any rules. “I have instructed officials that the festival will be celebrated as it has been celebrated every year in the past. Ganesh Mandal members and office-bearers will decide the method in which it will be organised in the city,” he said.

Rules concerning noise pollution say that it [noise] has to be reduced by keeping all loudspeakers below the recommended levels of 55 decibels or not more than 10 decibels above the ambient sound.

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