Dhaka, April 19 -- Environment and Climate Change Advisor Syeda Rizwana Hasan said that her role is to enforce noise pollution laws, not to personally stop people from honking horns.

She emphasised the need for behavioural change among the public while speaking at the Green Energy Olympiad 2025 at the Military Museum in Dhaka's Bijoy Sarani on Saturday.

"People always come up to me saying, 'Apa, the horns haven't stopped'. But you've been honking for 53 years, your driver will keep honking, and then you blame me for not stopping it," she remarked.

"It's not my duty to silence horns. My responsibility is to enforce the law. What we really need is a behavioural shift," she said, as per a UNB report.

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