NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court docket on Thursday stayed the Nationwide Inexperienced Tribunal‘s (NGT) directive that restricted the variety of individuals in ‘dhol-tasha’ teams to 30 in the course of the Ganesh Chaturthi competition.
“Allow them to do ‘dhol-tasha’, it’s the coronary heart of Pune,” the bench led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud remarked whereas passing the interim order.
The bench, which additionally included Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, briefly halted the NGT’s restriction on group performances, permitting bigger conventional drum ensembles to proceed as standard for the upcoming Ganpati idol immersion.
The order got here in response to an pressing attraction filed in opposition to the NGT’s directive, which was issued in a bid to regulate noise air pollution in the course of the competition.
The attraction was delivered to the court docket’s consideration earlier within the day by means of an pressing point out, with the appellant highlighting the necessity for an early listening to because of the approaching visarjan, scheduled for September 17.
The NGT’s earlier ruling, issued by its Western bench, aimed to mitigate the environmental impression of the Ganapati immersion processions. Along with capping the variety of performers, the order imposed a number of measures together with a ban on DJs, obligatory public show of decibel ranges, warning indicators concerning the well being hazards of excessive noise ranges, and restrictions on the scale of processions.
Ganesh Chaturthi, which started on September 7, is a ten to 11-day competition broadly celebrated in Maharashtra. Conventional ‘dhol-tasha’ teams have lengthy been an integral a part of the festive environment, significantly in Pune, the place the drum performances are seen as a cultural emblem.
“Allow them to do ‘dhol-tasha’, it’s the coronary heart of Pune,” the bench led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud remarked whereas passing the interim order.
The bench, which additionally included Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, briefly halted the NGT’s restriction on group performances, permitting bigger conventional drum ensembles to proceed as standard for the upcoming Ganpati idol immersion.
The order got here in response to an pressing attraction filed in opposition to the NGT’s directive, which was issued in a bid to regulate noise air pollution in the course of the competition.
The attraction was delivered to the court docket’s consideration earlier within the day by means of an pressing point out, with the appellant highlighting the necessity for an early listening to because of the approaching visarjan, scheduled for September 17.
The NGT’s earlier ruling, issued by its Western bench, aimed to mitigate the environmental impression of the Ganapati immersion processions. Along with capping the variety of performers, the order imposed a number of measures together with a ban on DJs, obligatory public show of decibel ranges, warning indicators concerning the well being hazards of excessive noise ranges, and restrictions on the scale of processions.
Ganesh Chaturthi, which started on September 7, is a ten to 11-day competition broadly celebrated in Maharashtra. Conventional ‘dhol-tasha’ teams have lengthy been an integral a part of the festive environment, significantly in Pune, the place the drum performances are seen as a cultural emblem.
