Thursday, February 5, 2009

“No Honking Please “: Mumbai Traffic Police

After their successful drive against drunk and drive in Mumbai metro, now Mumbai traffic department geared itself to yet another battle to deal with. The traffic police decided to launch a 10-day 'No Honking Drive' from Thursday with an aim to prevent motorists honking unnecessarily and reduce noise pollution on the city streets.

"The drive is aimed at preventing the motorists from honking their horns without any genuine reason and creating awareness among the people about the problems caused by noise pollution," said Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Sanjay Barve.

Barve said adding, "Stickers promoting no honking will be distributed to school children. We will ask them to label the stickers on vehicles and tell them to ask their parents not to honk."

Ref : NDTV

--Gopi

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