Kathmandu, January 10:

The traffic police today began a campaign to restraint motorists from using illegal horns.They removed 80 pressure horns added by bus and minibus drivers.

The Traffic Management Improvement Committee of Gaushala led by traffic sub-inspector Sitaram Hathechhu removed pressure horns from buses and minibuses that were largely contributing to sound pollution.

A youth club, Jayabageswori Tole Sudhar Samiti, and some 25 school-students were also involved in the campaign.

Despite a ban on pressure horns in the valley, bigger vehicles including minibuses were using them frequently.

“All kinds of horns are restricted at sensitive places including hospitals, schools and colleges,” Hathechhu said.

Secretary of the Valley Swoyambhu bus Service Committee Arjun Prasad Phuyal said pressure horns cause nuisance and therefore all the members and drivers of the committee were directed to remove them long ago.

Chief of the Metropolitan Traffic Police Office Ram Shah Path SSP Bhisma Prasai said the MTPO had repeatedly warned the bus entrepreneurs but now onwards it would take action on those violating the rules.

He said the use of pressure horns is illegal inside the valley.

The drivers did not challenge the police action ths time.

They maintained that they had used such horns just because everyone had used the same.