Irritated with unauthorised sirens and horns on roads? Want the culprit caught? The state transport department has released the contact details of RTOs which you can use to get an offender booked by proving your case with a video clip.
According to the transport commissioner Sonia Sethi, citizens themselves can lodge a complaint about vehicles having unauthorised sirens and horns by recording a video clip with their mobile phones.
The information or data collected will have to be shared with the regional transport officer or deputy regional transport officer of the area where the vehicle was spotted so that appropriate action can be taken to penalise and remove the noise polluting device.
This move has been made by the state transport department after Dileep Nevatia (64), a Worli resident, moved the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in 2011 against sirens and multi-toned horns. NGT, in its order on October 11, 2013, had asked authorities to comply with it.
Various vehicles instal sirens that are allowed only to emergency vehicles like ambulances, police vans and fire tenders. The deafening and shrill sound of such sirens/horns inconveniences pedestrians as well as residents.
Anti-noise activists have welcomed the move to book the guilty with active participation of citizens as, they say, it will help in having a better environment to live in.
Got your clip? Contact here
RTO (Central/Tardeo)
23532337/23534600
mh01@mahatranscom.in
RTO (West/Andheri)
26319821/26362252
mh02@mahatranscom.in
RTO (East/Wadala)
24036221/24036471
mh03@mahatranscom.in
RTO Thane
25446787/25443580/25363838
mh04@mahatranscom.in
RTO Kalyan
0251-2230505/2230888
mh05@mahatranscom.in
RTO Navi Mumbai
27830701/2
mh43@mahatranscom.in
RTO Borivli
28919768
mh47@mahatranscom.in
RTO Virar
0712-2560781
mh49@mahatranscom.in
