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FINE-FOR-HONKING
Six fined for honking horn at secretariat area
DHAKA, Jan 2, 2020 (BSS) – A mobile court today fined six drivers for honking horn in the vicinity of the Bangladesh Secretariat.
Executive Magistrate Kazi Tamzid Ahmed operated the mobile court while Assistant Director of Environment Department Mosabber Hossain Mohammad Razib accompanied him.
During the drive, two drivers of private cars and four motorcyclists were fined Taka 1,300.
Earlier, the government declared the area around the secretariat including the link road to Zero Point, Paltan intersection as “No Horn Zone” with the aim to prevent sound pollution from December 17.
The punishment for honking horn in a ‘silent zone’ is maximum one month jail or Tk 5,000 fine or both for the first time violators and for repetition of the same offence the punishment is maximum six months jail or Tk 10,000 fine or both.
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