New Delhi, July 24 -- For several days this week, loudspeakers blared well past midnight, traffic came to a standstill across major stretches of Delhi - all as thousands of saffron-clad kanwariyas made their way through the Capital. But even as calls flooded police helplines, not a single FIR was filed by Delhi Police for noise violations or unruly behaviour by the pilgrims since last Friday. As pilgrims exited the city, the traffic chaos was exacerbated by extended showers that triggered waterlogging in critical stretches. In the 24 hours till 8.30am, the Safdarjung base weather station logged 14.4mm of rain that, along with the release of 54,707 cusecs of water from Hathinikund barrage, pushed the Yamuna water level two metres closer to the 204.5m warning mark. Snarls were reported from Keshavpuram, Seelampur, Anand Parbat Road and Vinod Nagar. Additionally, there was waterlogging under Zakhira flyover, in parts of Karkardooma and in Saraswati Vihar area of Pitampura, leading to long traffic snarls. The situation was equally bad around New Friends Colony and Maharani Bagh, with knee-deep water accumulating in low-lying areas. Later in the day, calm returned as the weather cleared, roads were drained and most Kanwariyas exited Delhi's borders along with their boom-box laden trucks. Earlier, in areas such as Karol Bagh, Civil Lines and Punjabi Bagh, residents said the volume and scale of violations peaked on Tuesday, the eve of Sawan Shivratri. "Noise levels from processions exceeded permissible limits in multiple zones," confirmed an official from the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC). Still, not one case was filed. DPCC, which measures ambient noise in real time at several points in the city, recorded a spike across residential areas near major kanwar routes. "There was no question of enforcement," the official added. "The readings speak for themselves." On Tuesday, the 16-hour average decibel levels between 6am and 10pm were recorded at 87.5 dB(A) in Shahdara, followed by an average of 75.6 dB(A) at the Karni Singh shooting range - an otherwise relatively quiet area. The average at the National Stadium in the heart of the city was at 72.5dB, followed by the west Delhi route along Karol Bagh (71.6dB) and Pusa (69.6 dB), the other impacted locations. A Delhi Police spokesperson confirmed that over 250 complaints had been received between Friday and Wednesday, but no FIRs were registered against kanwariyas. "The crowd is emotionally charged, and we cannot provoke a situation," a senior officersaid....