<p>College students and citizen activists joined hands with traffic police on Wednesday to campaign against honking. </p>.<p>The initiative was carried out by Citizens 4 Citizens (C4C) and St Anne’s College for Women in association with the High Grounds traffic police station. It was held on the busy Miller’s Road in Central Bengaluru. </p>.<p>Students held placards with anti-honking messages to educate vehicle users about excessively and unnecessarily sounding the horn. </p>.<p>Studies show that vehicular noise pollution causes psychological and physiological problems such as anxiety, an agitated heart and autonomic imbalance. The C4C group organised a similar campaign in Cubbon Park a few months ago on the theme ‘Silent Zone.’ Traffic police have now installed no-honking signboards inside the lung space. </p>.<p>“Since the campaign, honking inside Cubbon Park has come down. We need similar campaigns elsewhere to make our city more liveable,” said Kishor Singh, a member of C4C. Rajkumar Dugar, the founder of C4C, said: “People are conditioned to honk, which won’t change easily. That is why we need these campaigns.” </p>.<p>Athaulla Baig, a head constable from the High Grounds traffic police, said: “We need more institutions to conduct traffic-related awareness campaigns.”</p>
<p>College students and citizen activists joined hands with traffic police on Wednesday to campaign against honking. </p>.<p>The initiative was carried out by Citizens 4 Citizens (C4C) and St Anne’s College for Women in association with the High Grounds traffic police station. It was held on the busy Miller’s Road in Central Bengaluru. </p>.<p>Students held placards with anti-honking messages to educate vehicle users about excessively and unnecessarily sounding the horn. </p>.<p>Studies show that vehicular noise pollution causes psychological and physiological problems such as anxiety, an agitated heart and autonomic imbalance. The C4C group organised a similar campaign in Cubbon Park a few months ago on the theme ‘Silent Zone.’ Traffic police have now installed no-honking signboards inside the lung space. </p>.<p>“Since the campaign, honking inside Cubbon Park has come down. We need similar campaigns elsewhere to make our city more liveable,” said Kishor Singh, a member of C4C. Rajkumar Dugar, the founder of C4C, said: “People are conditioned to honk, which won’t change easily. That is why we need these campaigns.” </p>.<p>Athaulla Baig, a head constable from the High Grounds traffic police, said: “We need more institutions to conduct traffic-related awareness campaigns.”</p>