Dhule, Nov. 3 -- In a major crackdown against noise pollution, the Dhule City Traffic Department crushed 140 modified Bullet motorcycle silencers under a road roller in the presence of senior police officials, including District Superintendent of Police Vishal Anand.

Over the past 20 days, the City Traffic Department had seized 140 modified silencers from different parts of the city for producing excessively loud and painful noise. The seized silencers were finally destroyed by running a road roller over them at Shivtirth Chowk in the presence of senior police officers.

The loud noise produced by modified Bullet silencers had become a major source of disturbance across the city. Senior citizens and parents of young children had raised con...