Aggrieved by inaction on the part of concerned authorities, the petitioner approached the High Court. The plea stated that use of loudspeakers for azaan construes noise pollution as the petitioner resides within ICT campus, which is a silent zone.
Living in Mumbai requires an inexhaustible tolerance for noise. There's the ceaseless revving of autorickshaw engines and the clamor of car horns as drivers edge through impenetrable traffic.
Attributing the reduced noise pollution in 2021 s Diwali to green firecrackers, Sumaira Abdulali from Awaaz Foundation said that this year s Laxmi Pujan was much quieter than that of last year.