Report on Ganpati visarjan 22nd September 2010
Time
Place
Decibel level
Comments
7.45pm
Next to Barbecue Nation Bandra West
80dB
Procession with drums no loudspeakers
7.50pm
Next to Victoria Church Mahim
Complaint from resident – truck with loudspeakers playing popular music
Silence Zone
7.59pm
Opposite Arya Vidya Mandir School Linking Road
90dB
DJ on truck playing popular songs
Silence Zone
8.01pm
Next to Santacruz Police Station
115dB
Firecrackers of road
Silence Zone
8.02pm
Masjid opposite Santacruz Police Station
Loudspeakers
Silence Zone
8.04pm
Opposite SNDT College
80.6dB
Truck with loudspeakers playing popular music
Silence Zone
8.05pm
Opposite SNDT College
Firecrackers on road in police presence
Silence Zone
8.8.06pm
Opposite SNDT College
Drums MNS booth
Silence Zone
8.08pm
Juhu Tara Road
90-91dB
Truck with DJ playing popular music
8.18pm
Opposite Maneckji Cooper School
85dB
Truck with DJ playing popular music
Silence Zone
8.52pm
Juhu Tara ROad
82dB
Truck with DJ playing polular music
8.56pm
Juhu Tara Road
89.7dB
Truck with DJ playing popular music
9.00pm
Juhu Chowpatty
No loudspeakers or instruments
9.00 – 9.08pm
From Juhu Chowpatty to SV Road past NM College etc
Several processions but no loudspeakers and no instruments.
Silence and residential Zones
9.08pm
S V Road
80dB
No loudspeakers, but whistles
9.22pm
Near Milan Subway turnoff SV Road
83dB
Loudspeakers on trucks playing popular music
9.25pm
SV Road near Milan subway turnoff
92dB
Santacruz cha Raja loudspeaker on tuck
9.28pm
SV ROad
91.4dB
9.29pm
SV Road
95dB
9.31pm
SV Road Near Asha Parekh Hospital
91dB
Truck with loudspeakers playing popular music
Silence Zone
9.31pm
SV Road Near Khar Police Station
Processions no loudspeakers
Silence Zone
9.39pm
Near Bandra Talao
100.4dB
Loudspeakers and drums
Silence Zone
9.41pm
SV Road, Bandra West
90.2dB
Loudspeakers and drums
9.45pm
Opposite MHADA Bandra East
Firecrackers on road
Silence Zone
9.49-9.53pm
Dharavi
87dB,85-87dB,90dB
Loudspeakers and drums
.54pm
Opp Mahim Church
93dB
Loudspeakers and drums in police presence
Silence Zone
10.04pm
Matunga Stn Road
97.6dB
10.06pm
Near Shiv Sena Bhavan
93.2dB
98dB
95.9dB
Loudpseakers on trucks playing popular music
10.23pm
Ranadr Road Chowk
97.5dB
95dB
90.2dB
Trucks with loudspeakers plaing popular music
10.25pm
Dadar
92.97dB
Trucks with loudspeakers playing popular music
10.26pm
Portuguese Church
90.2dB
90.7dB
Procession with drums
Silence Zone
10.34pm
Worli Naka
86.8db
84.7dB
Trucks with loudspeakers, firecrackers on road
Silence ZOne
11.05pm- 1am (and continuing)
Chowpatty Girgaon
102.9dB
Continuous Police loudspeakers giving directions, issuing greetings and general commentary
Silence Zone
11.05pm – 1am (and continuing)
Girgaon Chowpatty
101dB
Continuous loudspeakers of political parties greeting processions
11.05pm -1am (and continuing)
Girgaon Chowpatty
Intermitent firecrackers on road
11.52pm
Girgaon CHowpatty
97dB
Truck with loudspeakers in police presence
1.01pm
Haji Ali
96 – 98dB
3 Trucks with loudspeakers playing popular music in police presence
1.30am
Mahim
Firecrakers on road
After 2003, this is the first year that visarjan has continued all night and until the next morning. Police loudspeakers at deafening volumes were mis used to issue continuous commentary at Girgaon under the guise of keeping law and order. In all previous years, this was managed through smaller directed police loudspeakers instead of a large central one. In previous years, visarjan stopped at 12 midnight or 10pm as appropriate, and police loudspeakers stopped at the same time.
The difference between noise levels in the jurisdictions of various Police Stations was marked. For instance, Shivaji Park and Juhu visarjan points did not use loudspeakers while Girgaon did. The processions were noisy in the jurisdiction of Santacruz Police Station and quiet in Juhu Police Station jurisdiction, etc.
Many of the smaller processions were quiet and did not use loudspeakers with the exception of large idols carried on trucks playing loud popular music.
Sumaira Abdulali
Awaaz Foundation
23rd September 2010
Time
Place
Decibel level
Comments
7.45pm
Next to Barbecue Nation Bandra West
80dB
Procession with drums no loudspeakers
7.50pm
Next to Victoria Church Mahim
Complaint from resident – truck with loudspeakers playing popular music
Silence Zone
7.59pm
Opposite Arya Vidya Mandir School Linking Road
90dB
DJ on truck playing popular songs
Silence Zone
8.01pm
Next to Santacruz Police Station
115dB
Firecrackers of road
Silence Zone
8.02pm
Masjid opposite Santacruz Police Station
Loudspeakers
Silence Zone
8.04pm
Opposite SNDT College
80.6dB
Truck with loudspeakers playing popular music
Silence Zone
8.05pm
Opposite SNDT College
Firecrackers on road in police presence
Silence Zone
8.8.06pm
Opposite SNDT College
Drums MNS booth
Silence Zone
8.08pm
Juhu Tara Road
90-91dB
Truck with DJ playing popular music
8.18pm
Opposite Maneckji Cooper School
85dB
Truck with DJ playing popular music
Silence Zone
8.52pm
Juhu Tara ROad
82dB
Truck with DJ playing polular music
8.56pm
Juhu Tara Road
89.7dB
Truck with DJ playing popular music
9.00pm
Juhu Chowpatty
No loudspeakers or instruments
9.00 – 9.08pm
From Juhu Chowpatty to SV Road past NM College etc
Several processions but no loudspeakers and no instruments.
Silence and residential Zones
9.08pm
S V Road
80dB
No loudspeakers, but whistles
9.22pm
Near Milan Subway turnoff SV Road
83dB
Loudspeakers on trucks playing popular music
9.25pm
SV Road near Milan subway turnoff
92dB
Santacruz cha Raja loudspeaker on tuck
9.28pm
SV ROad
91.4dB
9.29pm
SV Road
95dB
9.31pm
SV Road Near Asha Parekh Hospital
91dB
Truck with loudspeakers playing popular music
Silence Zone
9.31pm
SV Road Near Khar Police Station
Processions no loudspeakers
Silence Zone
9.39pm
Near Bandra Talao
100.4dB
Loudspeakers and drums
Silence Zone
9.41pm
SV Road, Bandra West
90.2dB
Loudspeakers and drums
9.45pm
Opposite MHADA Bandra East
Firecrackers on road
Silence Zone
9.49-9.53pm
Dharavi
87dB,85-87dB,90dB
Loudspeakers and drums
.54pm
Opp Mahim Church
93dB
Loudspeakers and drums in police presence
Silence Zone
10.04pm
Matunga Stn Road
97.6dB
10.06pm
Near Shiv Sena Bhavan
93.2dB
98dB
95.9dB
Loudpseakers on trucks playing popular music
10.23pm
Ranadr Road Chowk
97.5dB
95dB
90.2dB
Trucks with loudspeakers plaing popular music
10.25pm
Dadar
92.97dB
Trucks with loudspeakers playing popular music
10.26pm
Portuguese Church
90.2dB
90.7dB
Procession with drums
Silence Zone
10.34pm
Worli Naka
86.8db
84.7dB
Trucks with loudspeakers, firecrackers on road
Silence ZOne
11.05pm- 1am (and continuing)
Chowpatty Girgaon
102.9dB
Continuous Police loudspeakers giving directions, issuing greetings and general commentary
Silence Zone
11.05pm – 1am (and continuing)
Girgaon Chowpatty
101dB
Continuous loudspeakers of political parties greeting processions
11.05pm -1am (and continuing)
Girgaon Chowpatty
Intermitent firecrackers on road
11.52pm
Girgaon CHowpatty
97dB
Truck with loudspeakers in police presence
1.01pm
Haji Ali
96 – 98dB
3 Trucks with loudspeakers playing popular music in police presence
1.30am
Mahim
Firecrakers on road
After 2003, this is the first year that visarjan has continued all night and until the next morning. Police loudspeakers at deafening volumes were mis used to issue continuous commentary at Girgaon under the guise of keeping law and order. In all previous years, this was managed through smaller directed police loudspeakers instead of a large central one. In previous years, visarjan stopped at 12 midnight or 10pm as appropriate, and police loudspeakers stopped at the same time.
The difference between noise levels in the jurisdictions of various Police Stations was marked. For instance, Shivaji Park and Juhu visarjan points did not use loudspeakers while Girgaon did. The processions were noisy in the jurisdiction of Santacruz Police Station and quiet in Juhu Police Station jurisdiction, etc.
Many of the smaller processions were quiet and did not use loudspeakers with the exception of large idols carried on trucks playing loud popular music.
Sumaira Abdulali
Awaaz Foundation
23rd September 2010
