Sumaira Abdulali in response to the following letter by Mr. Anandkumar Kumar:

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Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2006 7:53 PM
 Subject: Noise pollution
 
What useful purpose has my complaint served?Everythig is as it was.Can u really help?I
doubt.

ANANDKUMAR KUMAR

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Sumaira Abdulali's reply- 

 Dear Vinay,

He's quite right. I have no magic wand and the
situation cannot completely change unless people start
taking up their own complaints and insisting that
Noise Rules be followed in their own areas.

All I have done is to bring the situation, with data
to support the fact of dangerously high noise levels
and the ill effects on citizens' health to the
awareness of the Courts, the Authorities and of the
citizens themselves. The Courts have responded by
passing Orders to restrict noise levels. The
Authorities have partially succeeded in bringing noise
levels down (not enough).

I request all stakeholders, and particularly citizens
who are victims of excessive noise to take effective
action towards which I would guide them to the best of
my ability.

Action for the entire city is not in my hands alone
but in the hands of these stakeholders. In areas where
citizens have insisted on compliance with Noise Rules,
they have succeeded to a large extent. Pestom Sagar is
an example where noise from masjids has been
controlled, I believe.

Regards

Sumaira
<sumairaabdulali@yahoo.com>