With a message that needless vehicle honking causes noise pollution, the Mysuru chapter of Young Indians (Yi), an organisation of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Mysuru, launched a campaign, Horn NOT OK Please (HNOP), here on Saturday.
Police Commissioner B. Dayananda inaugurated the campaign and witnessed a demonstration on the monitoring of noise using a sound-level meter.
After the launch, the Yi volunteers took out a rally in around eight prime traffic junctions — K.R. Hospital Circle, Hardinge Circle, K.R. Circle, D.D. Urs Road end, Metropole Circle, K.D. Road end, Vontikoppal Circle, and Royal Inn Junction — to educate vehicle users. They stuck ‘HNOP’ stickers on vehicles.
“This is a long-term project. We are aiming at observing every last Saturday of the month as No Honking Day. This is the first time that an initiative like this will be launched in Mysuru,” according to the Young Indians.
“There’s a deafening silence with regard to noise pollution. Noise can be defined as an unwanted or undesired sound. Be it human or machine-created, noise disrupts the activity and balance of life. Vehicle honking in traffic dons the dubious cap of being the largest noisemaker throughout the world. Unnecessary honking causes noise pollution,” said a release.
