Kathmandu Traffic Police Seize Eight Motorcycles for Excessive Noise Pollution from Modified Silencers

Kathmandu. The Kathmandu Valley Traffic Police Office has impounded eight motorcycles that were causing noise pollution by emitting loud sounds after altering their structure.

Following an increase in complaints from local residents about motorcycles producing excessive noise in various parts of the valley recently, the traffic police have been conducting special inspection campaigns.

Senior Superintendent of Police Navaraj Adhikari, Chief of the Kathmandu Valley Traffic Police Office, informed that these eight motorcycles were impounded during a special inspection conducted on the Nepal Tar and Dadagaun road sections under Tarkeshwor Municipality-8, Kathmandu.

"Following complaints that motorcycles were being operated in the Tarkeshwor area with altered structures emitting loud noises, the traffic police increased surveillance," he said, "During this process, eight motorcycles were impounded during an inspection of an IT garage operating without registration with the relevant bodies."

According to him, it was found that the silencer pipes and other structures on these motorcycles had been illegally modified, which resulted in excessive noise generation, increasing environmental pollution and adversely affecting the daily lives of the general public.

Spokesperson for the Valley Traffic Police Office, Superintendent of Police Nareshraj Subedi, stated that vehicles producing loud noises not only cause noise pollution but also have serious negative effects on human health.

"Children, the elderly, the sick, and students are more affected due to excessive noise," he said, "Therefore, we urge all vehicle drivers not to operate vehicles with altered structures that produce loud noises."

According to Spokesperson Subedi, necessary legal action will be taken against the impounded vehicles in accordance with the Transport Management Act, 2049. The impounded motorcycles are currently kept at the Kathmandu Valley Traffic Police Office for further investigation and necessary action.

The traffic police have urged all vehicle drivers and garage operators to remain vigilant to operate vehicles according to the standards set by the law and not to illegally alter their structure.