Lucknow, April 24 -- Uttar Pradesh's intensified crackdown on vehicular noise pollution resulted in more than 11,000 challans and a penalty collection of nearly Rs.4 crore within days of a statewide directive issued by A Satish Ganesh, additional director general (ADG), traffic.

According to enforcement data released by the traffic directorate, traffic units checked a total of 2,13,700 vehicles during two focused drives conducted between April 3-5 and April 18-19. The drives led to 11,036 challans for violations such as pressure horns, modified silencers and illegal honking, with a cumulative compounding amount of Rs.3.97 crore.

Ganesh said violations relating to pressure horns accounted for the bulk of enforcement action. He further st...