new delhi the government will urge enforcement agencies to crackdown on vehicles using spurious sometimes illegal parts such as modified exhausts in motorcycles and pressure horns which cause nuisance on the roads by producing a deafening sound and are a contributor to noise pollutionthe transport ministry has asked the association of automotive component manufacturers to provide the harmonised system hs codes of vehicle parts so that they can take up the issue with excise department to ensure that all items imported comply with the indian standardsuse of modified exhausts pressure horns and other nonstandard parts is illegal traffic police and local transport departments can take action in such cases recently we had made it clear that unapproved fitments are illegal while issuing clarification on the bull guards in vehicles said a ministry officialsection 190 of the central motor vehicles act says any person who drives or causes or allows to be driven in any public place a motor vehicle which violates the standards prescribed in relation to road safety control of noise and air pollution shall be punishable for the first offence with a fine of rs 1000 and for any second or subsequent offence with a fine of rs 2000according to automotive norms vehicles should adhere to the noise norm of a maximum 80 decibel but modifications takes the noise level to 100 decibel and aboverecently there were reports of police acting against violators in gurgaon a motorcycle rider was arrested and his vehicle seized by the police as its silencer was modified to make a pataka sound in bengaluru traffic police crushed illegal loud exhaust pipes with a bulldozer the transport department in kerala will launch a drive from june 1 to suspend the registration certificate of twowheelers with illegal modified silencersthese are all aftermarket products and we dont have mandatory standards for them but there should be mandatory standards for such products we are carrying out a study and we will submit our recommendations to the government on how best practices can be implemented in aftermarket products said vinnie mehta director general of automotive component manufacturers association of indiatransport expert anil chikkara said action should be taken against sellers of such aftermatket products there is a need to act against dealers who sell and fit nonstandard accessories in vehicles he added