{"id":30373,"date":"2026-08-01T14:30:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T14:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/01\/nainitals-mall-road-becomes-no-honking-zone-route-fine-and-other-details\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T14:30:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T14:30:18","slug":"nainitals-mall-road-becomes-no-honking-zone-route-fine-and-other-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/01\/nainitals-mall-road-becomes-no-honking-zone-route-fine-and-other-details\/","title":{"rendered":"Nainital\u2019s Mall Road becomes no honking zone: Route, fine and other details"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-id=\"19959672\">Nainital\u2019s Mall Road has been designated as a horn-free zone from Saturday, August 1. An order issued by the District Magistrate on July 28 established a &#8216;no-honking&#8217; zone stretching from the hill station\u2019s Tallital Danth to the Mallital Rickshaw Stand.<\/p>\n<p>The move has been introduced in a bid to curb noise pollution in the hill station. Violators will be penalised under the Motor Vehicles Act.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nainital\u2019s no-honking zone: Route, penalty<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An intensive checking drive has been launched for enforcement of the rule. Vehicles honking within the stretch from Tallital Danth to the Mallital Rickshaw Stand will be fined Rs 1,000.<\/p>\n<p><br class=\"jsx-23e2c0867a4915ab\"\/>On July 21, Kumaon Commissioner Deepak Rawat had convened a meeting with public representatives and various departments to discuss the issue of noise pollution in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbctv18.com\/tags\/nainital.htm\">Nainital.<\/a> He later issued directives on the matter to the District Magistrate about a horn-free zone.<\/p>\n<p>The Transport Department, police, and municipal corporation launched an awareness campaign to inform taxi unions, local businesses, and drivers of the new rule.<\/p>\n<p>Signboards have been installed at several locations to highlight that the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbctv18.com\/india\/mumbai-traffic-police-announces-no-honking-day-on-august-9-and-16-check-details-17464421.htm\"> ban on honkin<\/a>g is in effect from Tallital Danth to the Mallital Rickshaw Stand.<\/p>\n<p>SDM Nawazish Khalik has said the police and administration teams are monitoring the area to ensure strict compliance with the no-honking rule. He appealed to all drivers to stop unnecessary use of horns.<\/p>\n<p>Nainital attracts tourists throughout the year. The increasing number of vehicles was affecting the reputation of the town as a quiet tourist spot.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other measures by Nainital\u2019s administration:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To improve the traffic around Naini Lake, the administration also decided to mark the entire route from Tallital Danth to Hanumangarhi Band as an effective no-parking zone. Police and local officials have been asked to stop people from parking on the roadside to reduce traffic jams.<\/p>\n<p>Government and private vehicles without valid fitness certificates will be seized. To curb increasing cases of illegal taxi operations, the transport department and the police have launched a joint campaign to identify private vehicles used for this purpose, issue challans and take necessary legal action.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbctv18.com\/travel\/nainital-mall-road-becomes-no-honking-zone-route-fine-and-other-details-19959672.htm\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nainital\u2019s Mall Road has been designated as a horn-free zone from Saturday, August 1. An order issued by the District Magistrate on July 28 established a &#8216;no-honking&#8217; zone stretching from the hill station\u2019s Tallital Danth to the Mallital Rickshaw Stand. The move has been introduced in a bid to curb noise pollution in the hill&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}