India, Sept. 5 -- Several Dahi Handi organisers in Katraj and the Bharati Vidyapeeth area scaled down their sound systems following a police intervention on Thursday night, a day after citizens protested against noise pollution in the locality, which has been declared a silence zone because of the presence of several educational institutions.

Police removed large speakers installed for Dahi Handi and preparations for the upcoming Ganesh festival and appealed to mandals to comply with noise regulations. Organisers subsequently agreed to modify their sound arrangements for Friday's celebrations.

At the main Dahi Handi event at Katraj Chowk, arranged by Swaraj Babar on September 4, organisers had brought a large Dolby sound system from out...