Overview

• Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis told the assembly that 3,367 loudspeakers have been removed across Maharashtra in the noise pollution campaign.
• Mumbai led the effort with 1,608 speakers taken down from mosques, temples, churches and gurudwaras, making the city free of unauthorised devices.
• The operation has proceeded peacefully without causing religious or communal tension and follows Supreme Court and Bombay High Court directives on decibel limits.
• Local police station officers will be held directly responsible for any reinstatement of loudspeakers without permission, supported by newly formed flying squads to oversee enforcement.
• The state has issued clear protocols for temporary festival loudspeaker use with specified decibel limits and established silent zones in forest areas.