Goaâs Blanket Ban on loud noise Goa being a vibrant tourist and cultural state, the blanket ban on Music after an early hour of just 10.00pm across the state is quite self-defeating. Many of the developed countries also have noise-ordinances, but it is not in the form of a "blanket ban" over the entire region. For example a City has zones marked out as residential zones, commercial zones and entertainment zones. The noise-ordinances are applied differently to the different zones.
Similarly it is necessary in Goa, to demark residential, commercial and entertainment zones. Particularly the beaches and beachfronts could easily be designated as entertainment zones. The tighter restrictions on playing loud music should be imposed on the residential zones. While different levels of restrictions need to be defined and loosened across the entertainment and commercial zones. Thus allowing and promoting different cultural events to be held at these earmarked zones. This step of zoning the noise-ordinance across Goa would also help in promoting tourism. Late night concerts, and party events with live music would be encouraged to be held in the entertainment zones, where they donât cause disturbance to the residential population, at the same time allow the party revelers to enjoy the events unfettered. Brian Antao airesrod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >The enforcement of the Madhya Pradesh Sound Act in Goa has become farcical. >Arrange a function, have a Minister if not the CM as your chief guest and >you can play music till dawn. However, when the sound system is operational >it would be a good idea to arrest the Minister for being a guest in his >official capacity witnessing and patronising amplified music at late hours, >against the law. > >Enforcement of the Sound Act should be uniform and there should never be a >pick and choose of violators. On January 20th, this year Ribandar had a >centenary celebrations village dance which the police did not hesitate to >abruptly stop once we had crossed the permissible hour. Perhaps if we had >asked the Minister who was our Chief Guest to stay on till the end of the >show, we might have been able to dance on. > >On a different note, so much is being said about the Uttar Pradesh leader >Mr. D.P Yadav who has been charged with extortion and murder and for having >been welcomed into the BJP only to be flushed out a couple of days later. ÂA >Minister in the Goa Government who was recently admitted into the BJP has >also a whole pile of cases of extortion against him. So much for the party >with a difference that the BJP claims to be. > >Aires Rodrigues >Ribandar > __________________________________________________________________ Introducing the New Netscape Internet Service. Only $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Netscape. Just the Net You Need. ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################