The Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) on Wednesday passed a resolution seeking the “removal of illegal loudspeakers” in the city.
The resolution was moved by a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) councillor Narotam Sharma from Ward Number 3 in Jammu’s old city. It tasks the District Magistrate (DM) with removing “illegal loudspeakers and public address systems” operating without permission at banquet and community halls, and temples, mosques, gurdwaras, churches and other religious shrines.
The resolution reads: “It’s a lawful and moral duty of this house to prevent all kinds of pollution, including noise pollution. Scientific researches have proved that noise pollution is responsible for several kinds of health problems including stress-related illnesses, sleep disturbance, high blood pressure, speech interference, hearing loss and heart disease.”
