A number of roads in Dhanmondi are also being made one-way from 7:00am to 9:00pm to reduce traffic.

DMP officials at a press conference yesterday said eight more roads will be made horn-free. The road from Shahbagh intersection to Shaheed Jahangir Gate was declared horn-free a few months earlier.

Police can fine vehicles up to Tk 200 if found guilty of blowing horns in the horn-free zone without unavoidable reasons. Police will be in plain clothes so that drivers cannot be alerted.

The one-way restrictions on vehicular movement in Dhanmondi will not apply on holidays. These one-way roads will also be considered horn-free.

The horn-free roads include the Airport Road from Shaheed Jahangir Gate to Uttara and Abdullahpur, Kemal Ataturk Avenue up to Phoenix Bhaban via Gulshan-1 and 2, roads from Gabtoli to Azimpur via Russell Square, from Bijoy Sarani to Mohammadpur Traffic Office, from Hotel Sheraton to Kakrail intersection, from Matsya Bhaban to Rainbow crossing, from Science Laboratory to Matsya Bhaban, and from Matsya Bhaban to Golapshah Mazar via Old High Court intersection.

"Our main aim is to have roads free from noise pollution by making them horn-free and also eliminate traffic jam from Dhaka streets," said DMP Commissioner Nayeem Ahmed at the press conference in his office.

Two deputy commissioners of traffic and a number of other senior police officers were also present at the press conference.