WBPCB to equip police patrol teams to fight sound pollution

The West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) will equip patrolling police teams in Kolkata and its neighbourhood areas with sound limiter devices this Durga puja to stop sound pollution.

"This is aimed at curbing sound pollution as we often hear from the cops about difficulties in measuring sound exceeding the specified 65 decibel limit at puja pandals and immersion processions," WBPCB Chairman Kalyan Rudra told PTI here today.

He said 720 sound limiter gadgets, which can immediately measure the sound level at a spot, would be handed over to Kolkata Police and Bidhannagar, Barrackpore police commissionerates.

"The members of the police team will also be trained by WBPCB experts on how to handle the gadget," he said.
 

Over 3,000 community Durga pujas - big, medium and small - were organised in the city last year, according to a member of Forum for Durgotsav, a platform of Durga puja committees.