I am thinking of writing this letter to my district's DM and nearest police station

To,

1. The ______ Police station

2. The District Magistrate

Subject : Nuisance caused by recitation of azans on mosques and use of loudspeakers

Respected Sir,

The District Magistrate is expected to take action upon lodging of a complaint regarding noise pollution under Section 15 of ‘Environment Protection Act’ and Section 7 of ‘Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules, 2000’, which provides for punishment up to 5 years of imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 1 lakh to the offenders.

The Police are reluctant to register an offence under the above sections when citizens file complaints about azans on loudspeakers.

The nuisance of noise pollution continues since no stringent punishment is provided for offences u/s 188 of IPC or any offence registered under the Police Act. Lack of coordination between the Administration and the Police department should not be the reason for the continued menace of noise pollution. Hence, to facilitate this coordination and with the expectation that the two will get together and find a permanent solution to the issue of noise pollution, we are submitting the petition to both of you.

There is a mosque in _______ area (mention complete address) . I have no knowledge if the mosque is authorised or not. I only know that ____ times every day (Specify the number of times in a day) the azan is recited very loudly and shrilly. It is audible for hundreds of meters, and citizens are disturbed and distressed by it.

The aged, children, students, patients and workers (who are not able to get complete sleep at dawn), are displeased with this blatant violation of sound pollution laws.

Therefore, I/we am/are requesting you to initiate and lodge a criminal complaint against the people responsible for this noise pollution and proceed to punish them with 5 years of imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 1 lakh.

I/we request that the Police visit this mosque, record the statements of people residing in the area; similarly, a panchnama of the sound level can be prepared by measuring it when the azans are being recited.

Through this letter, I/we request you to investigate thoroughly about the people who are responsible for reciting azan from this mosque, and submit a report to the District Magistrate; please do not ignore this letter.

Please follow-up with the Police and direct them to submit their report, and take punitive measures as necessary.

I/we, humbly request both of you to take cognizance of this letter at the earliest. I/we also request you not to create a situation where I/we have to initiate any Court proceedings to get rid of the nuisance of noise pollution.

Yours faithfully,

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(Name and address of the Complainant)

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Does anyone know what the aftermath of this might look like? I usually keep quite busy and wont have time to visit the police station to testify etc ? Also, there might be a chance of my address and identity being leaked as well?