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In Mumbai,
there are 1.5 million vehicles, many of them, contributing in
their own way to noise pollution by honking horns unnecessarily.
On 7th April, this year, we had organized a
No Honking day and it had
yielded positive results. That day was instrumental in awakening
citizens to the perils of unnecessary honking. That day of
creating awareness was also supplemented with prosecution of
offenders. Till date, more than 37000
motorists have been penalized for unnecessary honking and almost
2000 reverse horns have been nullified. It was necessary
to carry this drive further.
Hence we took resort to reforming the
drivers themselves. If the motorists themselves take an oath as
to not honk horns; unless absolutely necessary, this menace can
be curbed positively.
The Mumbai traffic Police
had organized one mass oath taking ceremony on
9th July 2008
at the Local Arms ground at Worli. Around
20 female drivers of the cab service 'FOR SHE ' and 70 male
drivers of the cab service 'GOLD CAB' wholeheartedly
participated in this endeavor and simultaneously took an oath at
2 pm today that they would refrain from mindless use of horns.
The Joint Commissioner of Police, Shri. Sanjay Barve himself
administered this oath to all the drivers.
Ms. Revathi Roy of For She cab services and
Mr Arun Sabnis of Fulora Foundation along with Ms.Shilpa
Athavale supported this movement to curb the menace of mindless
honking.
This is just the beginning. In the coming
days, this community oath service will be carried to the
Corporate fleets, the Banks, Insurance companies. The Lions
Club, the Rotary Club, the Giants International and several
other organizations will be requested to support our endeavor to
curb vehicular noise pollution.
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( Sanjay Barve )
Joint Commissioner of Police,
Traffic, Mumbai
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