Road Safety XI win the inaugural ‘TATA Horn - Not – Ok – Please’ T20 Cup hosted by Motor Vehicles Department, Maharashtra (MMVD) and TATA Group at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Honorable Chief
Minister of Maharashtra, Shri. Devendra Fadnavis graced the occasion after
accepting an invitation from Indian cricketing legend Sunil Gavaskar
The exhibition cricket
match played to raise awareness for the ongoing Road Safety and No Honking Initiative
on Saturday, 24th March 2018
26th March 2018, Mumbai: Motor Vehicles Department,
Maharashtra (MVD) in association with the TATA Group came together
to host the ‘TATA Horn-Not-Ok-Please’ T20 Cup to raise awareness for the
ongoing Road Safety and No
Honking initiative. This
exhibition match played between Road Safety XI’ and ‘No Honking XI’ captained by Suresh Raina and Yuvraj Singh
respectively, saw Road Safety XI lift the ‘TATA Horn Not Ok Please’
T20 Cup at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.
The Honorable Chief Minister of
Maharashtra, Shri. Devendra Fadnavis graced the occasion after accepting an
invite from Indian cricketing legend Sunil Gavaskar. He also met with players
from both teams on field before the match began, to thank them for their
participation in this important social cause.
Earlier in the evening, Road Safety
XI won the toss and elected to field. No
Honking XI put up a massive 202 run target. Ishan Kishan top scored for the winning side with a trailblazing
124* runs from just 49 balls as Road Safety XI crushed No Hoking XI by 10
wickets.
The latest effort to raise awareness
for this campaign is to spread the word through India’s most loved sport –
cricket. Cricket has a special meaning
to Indians and perhaps there is no better way to spread the word about road
safety and the perils of honking other than the gentleman’s game. This match
featured India’s top cricketing stars such as Dinesh Karthik, Harbhajan Singh,
Shikhar Dhawan, K L Rahul, Yuvraj Singh, Hardik Pandya and Suresh Raina.
The No Honking initiative began with
the aim to reduce and possibly eliminate the trauma caused by noise pollution. Vehicular
honking in cities has reached alarming levels, contributing 70% of the noise
pollution in our environment. Honking is a menace that is plaguing our city and
affecting our health. Normal acceptable ambient sound levels for human
habitation is below 55 decibels. Honking creates sounds of 110 decibels and
above. Mumbai registers over 70 db of ambient noise for long hours – much higher
than is safe for human habitation levels. This causes various health
concerns ranging from headache, stress, hearing loss, insomnia, dementia,
hypertension and aggression, leading to cardiac problems.
What started off as a campaign on
social media, the No Honking initiative has now gained thousands of followers
online, lakhs of citizen pledges and support from over 100 well-known
personalities including doctors, Padma Shri and Magsaysay awardees, actors and
sportsmen Sachin Tendulkar , Ranveer Singh, Sonakshi Sinha, Ajit Wadekar etc.
Manoj Saunik, Principal Secretary Transport said, “The turnout was overwhelming, the show of support by the cricketers for
the cause of no honking and road safety was amazing. The stadium cheered minus
the sirens. We hope we move towards quieter and safer roads through our motto
of Shant bharat surakshit bharat swastha bharat.”
Mr. Pradipta Bagchi, Group Chief Communications
Officer - TATA Sons said, “The TATA Group is proud to be associated with the ‘Tata Horn – Not –
Ok – Please’ T20 Cup. With the participation of India’s top cricketing talent,
to the always electrifying crowd at Wankhede, we’re positive that we’ve made
significant impact in raising awareness on the issues of no honking and road
safety.”
The match held on 24th March 2018, Saturday
at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai saw a total crowd attendance of 17348.
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