Himachal Government will organise a series of events under its ‘Horn Not Ok’ campaign from November 4-20 in Shimla and Manali towns.
The ‘Horn Not Ok’ campaign was launched by Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur in the month of August last year with a view to create awareness among citizens and tourists about ill effects of noise pollution in Shimla and Manali towns.
Director, Environment, Science and Technology DC Rana on Sunday said that the awareness campaigns would be organised in schools by delivering lectures during the morning assembly and by way of assigning duty to students to affix stickers of ‘Horn Not Ok’ on their parent’s cars.
Debate, declaration, painting, essay writing on noise pollution theme would also be part of this campaign, he said.
He added the school children will be requested once in a week to stand outside the school with placard showing the messages like ‘No Horn Please’,
‘This is silence zone’, ‘School area No Horn please’, ‘Honking is prohibited in silence zone’ etc.
Apart from this, special lectures would be organised in colleges of Shimla town and competitions like painting, debate, declamation, essay writing would also be organised in a series on ‘Horn Not Ok’ in schools and colleges of Shimla town, Rana said.
The Traffic Police, Shimla would also start challans in and around Shimla town on noise due to pressure horns during this period.
It would also be considered to declare a particular day for challaning under “Horn Not Ok Campaign” in the town, he said.
A special drive to create awareness among all stakeholder departments like drivers of GAD, HP PWD, I&PH department, HP Pollution Control Board, Regional Transport Office and taxi, truck operator unions of Shimla area will also be organised in the town, he added.