Noise complaints in the National 911 Emergency and Security Attention System increased by 49.7% in 2020 compared to the same period the previous year. Because of this situation, the institution called for peaceful coexistence by reducing this type of pollution and thus contributing to maintaining harmony among citizens.
For 2021, the trend continues to rise, as the 911 system received more than 17,600 noise reports from all municipalities of Greater Santo Domingo last January, compared to more than 8,200 in 2020. From January 1 to December 31, 2020 in Greater Santo Domingo, from where 911 attends situations like this, 136,521 noise complaints were registered, of which about 35% corresponded to “loud music noise” produced in homes and institutions, which could be due to the detention of civilians as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
“We are aware of the public’s concern about the coronavirus in the country, but today more than ever we need to act responsibly, taking into account the well-being of our neighbors and their right to rest,” said 911 CEO. General Vicente Mota Medina.
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Another epidemic.
Most of the 136,521 noise complaints in the capital in 2020 related to loud music.
Alert.
Listín Diario has looked at the problem from different angles and warned of the damage it causes to health.