Lucknow, April 5 -- The Allahabad high court's fresh observations on the rampant use of hooters and pressure horns have once again brought into focus Uttar Pradesh's decade-old but weakly enforced regulatory framework, including an ambitious 2014 proposal that never took off.

The weak enforcement, over the years, also stems from the fact that a section of those allegedly violating the norms are said to be the people responsible for implementing them, according to those in the know of things.

Taking a stern view of rising noise pollution caused by illegal hooters and modified silencers/pressure horns, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on March 16 directed officials to explain the steps taken over the past five years to curb t...