MAPUSA
The Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) officials shut down the music on one stage at the Sunburn Electronic Music Dance (EDM) Festival at Vagator at about 9 pm on Thursday as the sound had exceeded the decibel limit.
According to sources, the high court had fixed the decibel limit for noise pollution at the Sunburn festival. Accordingly, the GSPCB had set up a special noise monitoring device at the venue place.
At about 9 pm, the sound on one stage exceeded the decibel limit and the GSPCB officials took swift action with the help of Additional Collector Pundalik Khorjuvekar and a police team by switching off the music system on one stage. The music on other stages were allowed to continue till the permitted time of 10 pm.
