India, July 20 -- Delhi residents faced renewed noise pollution woes Saturday night as kanwariyas passed through the city playing loud music from boombox-laden vehicles, with police remaining largely inactive despite clear breaches of sound regulations.

The problem is only set to worsen over Sunday and Monday, when the yatra picks up, according to officials. A total of 374 camps have been set up for kanwariyas in the city - in some parts, they have been set up in front of hospitals, raising annual concerns regarding the boombox menace.

Despite police and other enforcement agencies launching measures to ensure that boomboxes are not played above permissible levels, residents say that blasting of devotional music at deafening volumes on t...