Citizens ensures that honking is controlled at traffic junctions
Abdul Qayyum Patel stays close to a very busy traffic junction. Just like the case of any metro city, along with the traffic comes the unnecessary incessant honking. Indians use the horn much more than their counterparts in western countries.
We don’t realize it, but prolonged exposure to incessant honking with high sound decibel levels can lead to a lot of health issues. According to a WHO report, this sound pollution has created hearing related disorders in 6 percent of Indians like hearing impairment, tinnitus, ear ache, hearing loss etc.
A random survey of people who stay around busy traffic junctions has revealed that they suffer from sleep disturbances, irritability, reduced work concentration and efficiency, etc.
Mr. Abdul Qayyum decided to do something about this daily increasing menace of noise pollution at traffic junctions. Along with a team of committed members, they carried placards requesting the vehicle drivers to stop honking.
In spite of the scorching sunshine or pouring rains, Mr. Abdul Qayyum would stand with his no honking placard at different traffic junctions all around Mumbai. If you wonder whether such a gestures of holding posters makes any difference, yes it does. He understands that driving in Mumbai traffic is stressful, and people like to honk as an expression of release of their pent up emotions. Most drivers would smile and give him a nod of approval.
In his own way this constant reminder by Mr. Abdul Qayyum and team has reduced the noise polution in the area. If more private people like Abdul Qayyum take public responsibility to increase the general awareness about the seriousness of this problem of noise pollution, then this is a step in the right direction.
On Tue, Oct 9, 2018, 16:28 shobhag rao <shobhagrao@gmail.com> wrote:
Citizen ensures that honking is controlled at traffic junctionsAbdul Kayum Patel stays close to a very busy traffic junction. Just like the case of any metro city, along with the traffic comes the unnecessary incessant honking. Indians use the horn much more than their counterparts in western countries.We don’t realize it, but prolonged exposure to incessant honking with high sound decibel levels can lead to a lot of health issues. According to a WHO report, this sound pollution has created hearing related disorders in 6 percent of Indians like hearing impairment, tinnitus, ear ache, hearing loss etc.A random survey of people who stay around busy traffic junctions has revealed that they suffer from sleep disturbances, irritability, reduced work concentration and efficiency, etc.Mr. Kayuum decided to do something about this daily increasing menace of noise pollution at traffic junctions. Along with a team of committed members, they carried placards requesting the vehicle drivers to stop honking.In spite of the scorching sunshine or pouring rains, Mr. Kayuum would stand with his no honking placard at different traffic junctions all around Mumbai. If you wonder whether such a gestures of holding posters makes any difference, yes it does. He understands that driving in Mumbai traffic is stressful, and people like to honk as an expression of release of their pent up emotions. Most drivers would smile and give him a nod of approval.In his own way this constant reminder by Mr. Khayuum and team has reduced the noise polution in the area. If more private people like Kayuum take public responsibility to increase the general awareness about the seriousness of this problem of noise pollution, then this is a step in the right direction.
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