Among the topics that readers write to us about, noise nuisance perhaps takes second place only to politics, and that is politics in the wider spectrum, all aspects considered. The weary, deafened public continues to bring attention to this contravention of the law in the hope that those in authority will one day take notice and put an end to it.
But even as they do, the offenders seem to be kicking it up a notch as regards playing loud music or making other deafening sounds to the discomfort of their neighbours. The law regarding noise nuisance has joined the many others that look good on paper but are rarely enforced.
Attempts by beleaguered citizens to secure their right to peaceful enjoyment of their premises has been met by lack of or desultory action by the police on the one hand and recrimination by the perpetrator on the other, to the extent that many persons who complain about noise nuisance prefer to do so anonymously.
Mala Persaud of Station Street, Kitty could not complain namelessly. She lives near to a popular bar that would often play loud music throughout the night.
