A flat fine of ₹7,000, for causing noise pollution and illegal alteration, will be imposed on riders of motorbikes and other two-wheelers, which are found zooming past without silencer, sources in the Motor Vehicles department (MVD) said.
It is being seen as a follow-up action on Operation Silence, which the MVD had launched in February this year.
Enforcement officials had earlier been given the discretion to charge lesser amounts as fine for such violations. The stepping up of enforcement against rule violators came in the wake of widespread complaints about the threat posed by such motorists, most of them youth, to the safety and health of other road users. Most enforcement squads have decibel meters to measure the noise emitted by vehicles and their horn.
