INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kathmandu, November 28
Traffic police have intensified action against needless honking in Kathmandu, taking action against 888 rule
violators in the past three days.
After a gap of a few months, Metropolitan Traffic Police Division has enforced the ‘no-horn& rule to
curb increasing needless honking in the city.
Superintendent of Police Rabi Kumar Poudel said, &It is important to remind people time and
again until they give up the habit of needless honking.&
As many as 43,623 persons have been booked since the introduction of rule in 2017
The number includes 598 rule violators who were booked in the past 30 days.
Of them, 9,663 were punished in the fiscal 2016-17, 15,405 in
2017-18 and 4,959 until 21 February 2019
According to MTPD, one should blow horn only in the event of invisibility of vehicles coming from the opposite direction and to avoid
The ‘No-horn& provision is applicable for all public, private, tourist and government vehicles, two-wheelers and four-wheelers
Emergency vehicles, ambulances, fire engines and police vehicles are not obliged to follow the rule.
Traffic police can fine up to Rs 500
for violating the rule.
Too much sound pollution can result in hearing loss, increased blood pressure, increased chance of heart attack,
paralysis and memory loss
Mostly affected by sound pollution are sick persons, minors, senior citizens and pregnant women.
A recent release issued by the MTPD stated
that traffic police have been mulling over to ban import of vehicles producing noise above the permitted level stipulated by the National
Standard Related to Sound-2012.
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