Thane Police's campaign against modified silencers

Apoorva Kashyap

Jul 9, 2021

Modified silencers

Many two-wheelers illegally modify their silencers that create a blaring noise

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Grievances of people

Senior citizens, children suffer due to the unbearable noise from these devices

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Step towards noise-free Thane

Thane police decided to curb noise pollution after people complained about it

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Campaign against illegally modified silencers

Acting on people’s grievances, Thane police launched this campaign in June

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Putting an end to problems

Two-wheelers with modified silencers were stopped and devices were removed

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Hundreds of two-wheelers caught

Many were penalised under the Motor Vehicles Act

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Silencers confiscated

Scores of silencers have been confiscated and destroyed using road rollers

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Campaign in other areas as well

The drive was also conducted in Kalyan, Dombivli, Ulhasnagar, Ambernath and Badlapur

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Commissioner’s take

“One must adhere to all traffic rules,” Balasaheb Patil, DCP (traffic) said

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