CII Young Indians has launched a campaign against growing menace of noise pollution from vehicles. Named as ‘Horn Not Ok Please’, it is a nationwide campaign to tell people not to honk unnecessarily in the interest of curbing noise pollution.
A noise level above 90 decibels results in loss of hearing, hypertension, heart attack or accidents on road. With little effort and cooperation noise pollution can be restricted around 80 per cent.
Under the campaign Young Indians today delivered 25,000 Horn Not Ok Please stickers to the regional transport officer Sanjay Tiwari. These stickers will be pasted on newly registered vehicles as well as the vehicles coming for transfer at RTO office. Besides, these stickers will also be handed over to driving schools and two and four wheeler showroom owners to get them pasted on the vehicles. The vehicle owners will also be advised to use horn only when it is very necessary.
Speaking on the occasion CII YI ‘Horn Not Ok Please’ vertical’s national chairperson Prakrati Jain said that use of pressure or multiple horns and unnecessary honking in the two wheelers to truck and busses has become a trend. According to reports the noise pollution from vehicles constitutes 65 to 70 per cent of overall noise pollution in India. This is leading to severe health problem.
Young Indians’ Bhopal chapter chairman Rakesh Sukhramani said growing number of vehicles and the increased use of horn has already become a serious health issue. The noise level is going above the permissible decibel limit and there is no effective rules and regulations to curb it. It is causing hypertension, heart attack, mental stress and even deafness as well as road accidents.
Appreciating the initiative the Regional Transport Officer Sanjay Tiwari said that vehicle riders should think of it in a serious manner and avoid unnecessary honking. “Doing this will not only prove that they are good citizens but also a responsible person”, he said.