India, March 31 -- With the beginning of Navratri festivities, several neighbourhoods across south, east, and southeast Delhi have been complaining of deafening levels of music being played on boom boxes installed on trucks and carts as preparations for the processions.

A police officer aware of the matter said they received nearly 10 calls regarding problems being faced due to boom boxes. "Several teams were on duty to ensure no nuisance was created. While the teams attended to the calls made on emergency number, they also took suo motu action and plugged the wire of more than 100 boom boxes on Saturday," the officer said.

Residents said last night many of them were kept awake as their doors and windows rattled through the night, and t...