Comments on: Fighting Noise Pollution, Mumbai Celebrates No Honking Day

By: Juelz Santana

Juelz Santana — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:05:04 +0000

Over crowded places are forcing it because you can easily get robbed.

By: Erica Schlaikjer

Erica Schlaikjer — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:17:07 +0000

Tania,

You’re absolutely right. Symbolic celebrations only go so far. It’s better to get the support of local authorities to create and enforce new laws that help improve the quality of life for their citizens.

Thanks for your comments!

By: tania

tania — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 08:11:17 +0000

No honking day celebration is the not only solutions to reduce Noise pollution. Implement noise law.
Firstly lot of program creates awareness to general people.
Secondly including traffic police to implement the law

By: V Kumar

V Kumar — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:16:49 +0000

The Police can do a great job for the city of Mumbai by totally banning use of Loooooooud speakers on top of religous places all over Mumbai.

By: V Kumar

V Kumar — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:12:00 +0000

If only the Trafic police & the enforcement agencies do work for what they are officially getting salary Mumbai can be a better place to live.
I strongly feel these enforcement agencies are only responsible for the ills of our beautiful city Mumbai.
They are the ones who allow Hawkers to come up on the foot path & generally 2 lanes of the road.They allow/permit vehicles to be parked all over on the behest of road side stores.
They allow shop owners to park their Bicycles , bikes across on the roads blocking 1-2 lanes , double parking.
If they come down from the flyovers for 3 months & do their duty of enforcing no parking & no hawkers up to 300 meters from traffic signal all our citizens can leave in peace.

My humble request to Traffic police is leave flyovers & corner spots ( No need to elobrate their motives) and come down on signals , regulate them. Ensure no parking / no hawkers /no honking up to 300 meters from signals & see the city getting in to life once again.Today it is getting sick due to these decipline enforcing agencies not doing their job & remaining stuck on flyovers & blind corners.

By: V Kumar

V Kumar — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:53:40 +0000

I don’t agree that ‘No honking day’ was possible due to Traffic Police.
It was entirely the efforts put by Madam Mayor .
If Police was even 1% serious they would have declared ‘No honking day” at more frequent periods , at least 2-3 days a week. May be they should declare ‘No honking after 9pm ‘ all through Mumbai & totally Ban honking in areas near Malls ( Inorbit , Hypercity – Malad-W).
Traffic people should adopt areas like Malls , certain Artriary roads like Goregaon-Mulund Link roads.
They generally don’t take responsibility of maintaining traffic. They should not allow Parking / Hawkers 300 Mts from any traffic signal.They are a sight at most inappropriate places like flyovers and further slow down traffic.Their role as enforcer of Law is missing.