803 mosques get nod, but with riders
In the backdrop of the row ignited by MNS chief Raj Thackeray over the indiscriminate use of loudspeakers for 'azaan', over 803 of the 1,144 mosques in Mumbai have obtained police permission to use loudspeakers..jpeg)
Even as the permissions were granted, it was directed that no speakers will be de. ployed in silent zones and the mosques will adhere to the Supreme Court and Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) guidelines.
A senior official of the Mumbai Police said that while the police had given permission to 803 mosques for installation of loudspeakers, the remaining applications were being vetted and processed with due diligence.
"We have made it mandatory for them to follow all noise pollution norms, including In the backdrop of the row ignited by MNS chief Raj Thackeray over the indiscriminate use of loudspeakers for 'azaan', over 803 of the 1,144 mosques in Mumbai have obtained police permission to use loudspeakers.
Even as the permissions were granted, it was directed that no speakers will be deployed in silent zones and the More than 70 per cent of the mosques in the metropolis have obtained permission to use loudspeakers for azaan, the call for prayer, the official added. The loudspeakers row was triggered when the MNS chief gave an ultimatum to the Maharashtra govern-ment on April 12 seeking the removal of loudspeakers from mosques by May 4, failing which, he warned, party workers will play Hanuman Chalisa on loudspeakers.
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