Sound pollution
We, the city dwellers, are highly conscious of the necessity of providing the required education to the children of our country and appreciate the establishment of big, medium and small schools, colleges and universities all over our cities. These institutions are functioning, due to lack of any alternative, in the residential areas.
The establishment of such institutions is taking a heavy toll on our already congested, disorganised and highly unruly traffic system. This results in huge traffic standstills and jams during the opening and closing hours of such schools, as a matter of routine with no remedy in sight. The dwellers in these areas quietly undergo the extreme daily inconveniences without any complaint.
Of late, these schools have started the daily use of microphones in classes just when they are brought into session around 07:30 or 08:00am in utter and total disregard of their neighbours. Facing this onslaught on a daily basis has become an intolerable event for those who fall in the senior age category and, especially, who suffer from medical complications - some of which are quite serious, like, high blood pressure, cardiac ailments, post-operative convalescence, etc - apart from the fact that these onslaughts disturb the basic civic decorum and peace in these areas.
I seek the urgent assistance of our appropriate authorities to take the matter in right earnest and impose necessary restrictions on the management of such schools - banning, at least, the use of mikes in such residential areas and ensure that the sounds in classes remain confined to their physical boundaries.
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