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Ganesh Festival ia a source of extreme Noise pollution. In Maharashtra, Idols of Lord Ganesh are welcomed home with dolby Speakers,Dhol-tasha,laud chants of the gods name and noisy firecrakrs. the impact that these festivities have on the environment is rarely recorded.A Five-day noise monitoring study was conducted in Thane by MPCB (2012) during Ganesh Festival.The result showed that the maximum noise level was 91.4 dBA and minimum noise level was 46.4 dBA

In 2017 Union Ministry of Environment and Forests issued an amendment to the Noise Pollution Rules of 2000. Before the amendment rules considered areas “not less than 100 metres around hospitals, educational institutions and courts” to be silence zones, the amended rules emphasise that no area can be declared a silence zone unless specifically notified by a state government. That is extrremlt problematic as elderly people, children and hopstitals are incessantly subjected to loud music on Dolby Speakers from morning till midnight.