Kids up the ante for noise pollution

The Confederate of Indian Industry initiative, Young Indians, is known to take up causes all over the country. With 38 chapters around the country, and counting, they have been tackling head on, some of the most pressing issues that plague India.

They are out to realise the dream of making India a developed nation and in the spirit of that, decided to take up the cause of anti-honking in traffic of Hyderabad earlier this week.

The signature of Young Indians has been doing things differently and in a way that makes the most impact. This was no exception.

In the presence of KT Rama Rao, Minister of Panchayat and IT, Young Indians launched the anti honking campaign with the help of kids.

Children of age no more than 10 years, put up a play, ‘Horn Not Ok Please’, in an attempt to teach adults about the perils of constant honking and noise pollution.

Written by Arjun Menon and directed by Tahir Ali Baig, the play comprised of three acts and a whole lot of adorable faces.

The simple play had an effective message; noise pollution affects everyone, even the animals, so let’s not do it! What took everyone by surprise was the heart- warming performance of the children.

The kids showed tremendous dedication on stage and felt responsible of doing a good job. The seriousness that they had for the entire play was tangi- ble and touched everyone, including the minister himself.

Not only, did the play convey its message, it also made every parent sit- ting in the audience realise what a child can do if given a chance.

Nobody discounts the power of youth, but we often discount the power of children; and this was a wakeup call for all those who were present.

The innovative way of getting the message across through a children’s performance resulted in the campaign hitting the ground running. Within hours, ‘Horn Not Ok Please’ stickers could be seen behind numerous cars in traffic.

Rama Rao has extended his full support to the cause and personally thanked Tahir Ali Baig in his speech for doing such a wonderful job with the children.

He expressed his desire to see children being involved more in the exercise of building the state and in turn the nation.

Although Young Indians is an organisation, which only takes members who are at least 21 years old, it is clear that they are not restricting their mission of building the nation to just that age group. It actually makes for good logic.

Children who are involved in building the nation will ensure that it is maintained once they grow up. With the current crop showing talent at such an early stage, it just reaffirms one’s faith in Young Indians’ motto, “We can, we will.”