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(From The Economic Times)

Byline: Debashis Konar

Gitanath Ganguly, special officer, sound pollution, Calcutta High Court On a soundless Diwali

How do you plan to control sound pollution on Diwali night?

It is really a difficult task to put a complete ban on the use of sound crackers because there is always a tendency to violate the ban. But having said that, we we are also determined to put a carpet ban on the use of highdecibel crackers. For that we have already asked the police to take action. During the immersion processions of Durga idols, banned crackers were used and this is alarming.

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