A Himalayan city once deafened by car horns has now gone ...

KATHMANDU Nepal The traffic in the Kathmandu Valley is typical of South Asian cities with roads clogged with cars motorcycles weaving past buses, dust filling the air/

But there is one important difference in Nepal’s capital: It’s quiet/

In April Kathmandu’s traffic police introduced fines to stop unnecessary honking restricting the usage of car horns to emergencies or for driving around sharp curves in the road / Within weeks the soundscape of Kathmandu was transformed from piercing horns to something more akin to silence/