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/