Despite our last year’s story about the organisers using high decibels and conducting the musical night even after midnight, they don’t seem to have learnt their lesson this year too. Yesterday, the loud music went on past midnight, annoying several residents across Sector 3, 4 and 2. Everybody wanted to know how the cops can allow such a function to happen. There were several calls made by the residents to the police control room. “The cops said they would send the Hoysala, but the music hasn’t stopped yet?” complained one resident. Another resident replied: “That’s because how can they stop an event that has the blessings of the MLA.”
But when they were informed that it was happening with the blessings of Bommanahalli MLA Sathish Reddy, the residents wanted the politician to correct himself and ensure that such functions and noise pollution activities are curtailed by 10pm. Lets hope Kishore Reddy, the president of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (Bommanahalli) who organised the event, corrects himself the next time around. However, the residents are urging the BBMP not to give permissions to anybody, no matter which party they belong to or even if it has the blessings of the MLA. Rules are rules and must be uniform to everybody, the residents argue.
Adding to the chaos was the 27th Main Road being held to ransom on Saturday with an open street fest, fashion show and dance war. HSR Federation chairman BNR Reddy wanted to know how the cops can allow commercial activity on a public property. Every other Residents Welfare Association echoed his views. The traffic chaos that ruled the streets around this time was to be seen to be believed. There was crawl up at Nandini Cooljoint junction on one end and at the NIFT junction on 27th Main Road as traffic was sealed off from 13th Cross to 16th Cross on 27th Main Road.