“Do Not Honk” , a campaign to check noise pollution
Faridabad: We all are fed up different types of pollution we all are exposed to. However, there are few that put their mind to find out the ways of reduce the level of pollution. By pollution we generally refer to air pollution only. These days everyone is seen talking about the pollution smog that has encircled Delhi and NCR. However, there is a bunch of people thinking differently. One of the NGO’s from Gurgaon, The Earth Saviours Foundation, organised a special campaign ‘Do Not Honk’. As we all know there are instances of road rage just because of unnecessary honking. Otherwise also too much honking is not in a good taste of disciplined driving. The campaign, held on Sunday 6th November, was participated by hundreds of commuters from Faridabad and a number of NGOs. The volunteers of the NGO stopped the vehicles, educated them about the disadvantages of unnecessary honking and pasted ‘Do No Honk’ stickers on the back bumper of the cars. These stickers were provided by them free of cost just to spread awareness about the cause.
Ravi Kalra, Founder President of the NGO ‘The Earth Saviours Foundation’ informed that the motorists don’t even mind honking around the prohibited areas such as schools, hospitals etc. This doesn’t mean that they don’t know the rule and basic principles, but actually they are not that much sanitized to the fact that the noise pollution is highly injurious to health of everyone of us. He informed that vehicular noises contribute to 70% of the noise pollution in the environment.
Other organizations that joined hands in this campaign included Mahavir International Foundation, Faridabad Roti Bank, Inner Wheel Club Faridabad Industrial Town , Khushi Ek Ehsaas, THOR (bikers group), Blessing India Foundation, Bannuwal Welfare Foundation and Mahavir International Food Bank Gurgaon Veera.
