Calcutta, Nov. 22 :    Calcutta, Nov. 22:  Chhat puja revellers led the police on a decibel dance through the city and its suburbs through Wednesday and early Thursday. The bursting of crackers and the blaring of loudspeakers marked the celebrations, as the cops struggled to cope with the flood of complaints. Police said 292 persons had been rounded up from different areas of the city. Five kg of banned crackers and 12 microphones were seized. Matters took a violent turn on Thursday morning when two groups of Chhat revellers, from Jorabagan and Rajabazar, clashed on AJC Bose Road. The Rajabazar youths later ransacked two clubs in the Jorabagan area. A large police force was pressed into action and several culprits were arrested. Police admitted on Thursday that 'the decibel levels had shot up in the Ballygunge, Gariahat, Hazra, Bhowanipore and Kalighat belts, where there is a large concentration of Biharis'. Popular Bihari and Hindi numbers, combined with fireworks, made life miserable for local residents, they added. Deputy commissioner of police, headquarters, Banibrata Basu, said revellers in various parts of the city were bursting banned crackers. 'We received a large number of complaints, especially from south Calcutta,'' Basu said. The cops argued that they were at the receiving end of the cat-and-mouse-game that went on till Thursday morning. 'Whenever we received complaints, our men would rush to the spot where revellers were bursting crackers. But more often than not, they would disappear as soon as the force would enter the area,' an official at Lalbazar said. Sources said complaints also came in from Central Avenue, Burrabazar, Dunlop, Belghoria, Beleghata, Entally, Sealdah, Watgunge and New Alipore. Gitanath Ganguly, special officer appointed by the high court to monitor sound pollution, blamed it on the police. 'It is shameful that the police have failed to enforce the ban on crackers,'' Ganguly said on Thursday. Officials of the pollution control board, too, reported a large number of complaints against the bursting of crackers. 'What can we do? The failure of the decibel drive was evident on Kali puja night and Chhat puja was no different. It is up to the police to implement the law,' a board official said. According to the police, the Dhakuria lakes bore the brunt of the Chhat puja aftermath. The lakes were overrun by the revellers, forcing hundreds of morning walkers to steer clear of the area. A group of angry morning-walkers later went to Lake police station to lodge a complaint against the 'unruly revellers' who had flooded the area. 'We shall take up the matter with the higher authorities, as the local police have failed to stop this menace the morning after every Chhat puja,' said a senior citizen, denied his morning stroll.