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With galore protesters demanding cancellation of the concert, constabulary unit person been deployed astatine the venue of the event. (File)
The authorities excise section cancelled the support for serving liquor astatine the philharmonic performance of vocalist Diljit Dosanjh successful Kothrud country of Pune metropolis connected Sunday.
Confirming the development, Superintendent of authorities excise department, Pune, Charansingh Rajput said, “Permission to service liquor astatine the philharmonic interest has been denied. We person informed the organisers.”
The enactment comes pursuing protests by respective section residents and antithetic organisations against serving liquor astatine the event, scheduled to beryllium held astatine 7 p.m. connected the unfastened crushed of Suryakant Kakade Farms successful Kothrud.
The protesting residents besides raised concerns implicit dependable contamination owed to installation of a ample fig of loudspeakers for the concert.
With galore protesters demanding cancellation of the concert, constabulary unit person been deployed astatine the venue of the event.
“It is learnt that support to service liquor has been denied. Due to protests, constabulary unit are deployed astatine the spot to support the instrumentality and bid situation,” a elder constabulary serviceman said, adding that the organisers person taken indispensable support for the concert.
The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) had written a missive to Pune City Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar asking to cancel support granted for the philharmonic concert.
The missive by Amol Shinde, president of MNS Pune unit, stated; “About 40,000 persons are expected for the event. They would travel successful astir 10 1000 vehicles, for which capable parking arrangements are not made and it volition origin a probe for the residents. Loud euphony systems for the performance would origin immense noise, creating problems for citizens arsenic good arsenic the birds and animals successful wood onshore located nearby. Also, it is known that liquor volition beryllium served astatine the program. So if this causes immoderate problem, who would beryllium responsible?.”
A radical of organisations, nether the banner of ‘Sakal Hindu Samaj’, besides gave a missive to the Kothrud constabulary connected Sunday, seeking to cancel the philharmonic concert.
Even aft the support to service liquor was denied, a conception of residents proceed to protestation against the performance
“We are against the performance arsenic it volition beryllium causing dependable pollution. Most of the locals surviving successful the country are elder citizens,” Vijay Dakhle, a protesting resident, said.
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