Monday, April 24, 2006

Are Mumbai Pedder Rd residents First grade citizens ? Others Second Grade ?


The city of Mumbai is going through very high levels of noise pollution. The decibel levels are crossing the normal prescribed limits (55 db) and there is very scant respect by everyone - affected or those responsible- for maintaining noise levels below the prescribed limits. The marriage season in April and May will worsen this situation . The police force has the responsibility of maintaining noise levels below the standard limits but unless a complaint has been made one can expect little or no action from the police. The 10 pm deadline is also not being honoured by the law beakers . The worst affected are the students and the senior citizens but those who perpetrate this are so much engrossed in their enjoyment that their misdemeanour seems to have little impact . It is important for a vigorous awareness campaign to be initiated so that those who are unaware are sensitized to problems faced by common man in Mumbai .
Recently, we have read reports that the Peddar road flyover project will go ahead . It is a happy augury. But to appease few well known personalities ( Bharat Ratna Lataji) who have been protesting against the fly over, and threatening to relocate out of Mumbai, there is a move to import and install sound absorbent boards ( silencers) which will reduce the noise levels . The noise generated by vehicles plying on a flyover are not a fraction of the noise levels in VileParle- Santacruz area close to the airport. Are n’t the residents living in these areas not human beings ? Have they no right to expect that sound control boards are first installed near the airport before they are commissioned on Peddar road ? Perhaps if Lata Mangeshkar or some celebrity relocates near the airport , silencers may be commissioned there ?

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