Ten vehicles retrofitted to enhance sound fined
Source: The Sangai Express
Kakching, November 03 2018:
A team of Kakching and Hiyanglam police and staffs of District Transport Office (DTO), Thoubal, detained 10 bikes for installing modified silencers and retroffited it to produce amplified sound during a drive conducted under the supervision of Kakching SP Victoria Yengkhom.
The owners of the bikes (9 Royal Enfield Bullet and 1 Duke) were fined Rs 1,000 each, said the Additional SP (Law and Order) Kakching, Thingnam Deshorjit.
He further said that the Kakching SP had earlier notified on October 16 through media that a drive will be conducted from November 1 by Kakching police to check on the vehicles which violates Section 190 (2) of Motor Vehicle Act 1988 which include noise pollution, air pollution and flouting road safety rules.
He continued the drive will be continued in the coming days and sought cooperation from the public to make the drive successful.