New Delhi, July 24 -- For many Delhi residents, especially in Shahdara and south Delhi, the Kanwar Yatra was less a religious procession and more a sanctioned siege that shattered daily life, sleep, and peace for almost a week. In Shahdara, the noise was relentless. On Tuesday, the area recorded a daytime average of 87.5 decibels between 6am and 10pm - far above permissible residential daytime limit of 55 dB(A) and night time limit of 45 dB(A). Residents said the blaring music, amplified by boomboxes stacked on trucks and motorcycles, left them exhausted and sleepless. "It felt like we were living inside a DJ club," said a shopkeeper in Seelampur. "Even with all the windows shut, we could feel the vibration in our walls. We spent the last three days without any sleep." The GT Road stretch, Vivek Vihar underpass, and Seelampur T-point were among the worst-hit sections. A retired schoolteacher from Kabul Nagar, a devout Hindu, said the display of faith felt excessive. "This kind of devotion which badly affects others is something that I do not support," the teacher said. In south Delhi, the experience was no different - only the scale and nature of disruption varied. From Malviya Nagar and Greater Kailash to Chhatarpur and Saket, residents described the past week as a "siege". "What was meant to be a pilgrimage quickly turned into lawlessness," said Anjali Raina from Kalkaji. "Young men were racing down narrow lanes, screaming, hitting cars, blocking roads. This was anarchy on two-wheelers, not devotion." Trucks carrying massive DJ setups parked in the middle of roads as groups danced, feasted, and left behind piles of waste. "They treated the road like their private stage," said Ashish Gupta of Khirki Extension. "I had my children. It was terrifying." Kanwar camps across Sangam Vihar, Devli and Neb Sarai blared music all night, residents said, despite regulations against noise pollution. A senior Shahdara officer said vehicles fitted with loudspeakers were supposed to be stopped at the border. "Despite discussions with police in neighbouring states, thousands of such vehicles entered. Our counterparts in UP, Haryana and Rajasthan failed to control them," the officer said. In South Delhi, a police official cited the religious sensitivity of the event: "We use electronic monitoring wherever possible. But intervention is limited to avoid backlash."...