Pune: Loud parties disturb residents' sleep in 'calm' Kalyaninagar

PUNE: Senior citizen Devendra Rathod from Kalyaninagar has been spending sleepless nights in weekends, "courtesy" loud music played at nearby pubs and restaurants post-pandemic.
Rathod has spent 30 years in Kalyaninagar. He claimed that commercial establishments had disturbed the tranquillity of the area, a peaceful neighbourhood till recently.
Come Friday, the once residential-only Kalyaninagar turns into a party zone every weekend.Deafening music from different corners of the neighbourhood makes the situation unbearable. Residents' call to 100 (police) about the high pitch music gives relief to them from the "unbearable nuisance" just for a few minutes. Pubs and bars revert to high volume party, much beyond the specified time limit.
That's not all. Party-goers frequently create ruckus on streets late in the night, disturbing the sound sleep of residents in Kalyaninagar. Residents claimed that illegal permissions and permits given to commercial establishments to organise parties in private bungalows and rooftops were the root of their trauma.
Sunaina Sharma from Marigold Society said, "Members of various societies in the vicinity are troubled by the constant and loud noise in the weekends. Many of us met the restaurant owners, requesting them to follow the rules and ensure that the neighbourhood is not disturbed. But these meeting had no impact and the blaring music is persistent."
The hassled residents wrote to the Pune police regarding the weekend-nuisance, but they claimed that it had not helped either. Vishal Brijkishan, a resident of Kalyaninagar, said, "The effect of sending letters to the police and spot calls have a very short-term effect. People are so fed up that some residents are thinking of relocating to a quieter place."
Rahin Shaikh of North Avenue said, "My children are young. I feel bad when I see some party-goers fighting on streets beyond midnight, screaming and smoking. After the loud music, we have to bear with the ruckus on streets. I remember Kalyaninagar as a very peaceful neighbourhood till five-seven years ago."
An officer from the Ramwadi police chowky said, "Complaints come from residents come constantly, sometimes even on weekdays now. We visit the establishments and warn them, but they repeat the act. There are three-four common offenders."