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Horn-honking reaches deafening proportions on Nepali New Year, 14th April. But this year the Kathmandu authorities have announced a ban on vehicle horns for non-emergency purposes. So will the city return to a quieter, more bucolic soundscape? ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Nepali's Surendra Phuyal considers the question. Image: Nepalese Hindu devotees push a wooden chariot through crowds during the Bisket Jatra festival, held to mark the Nepalese New Year in Bhaktapur, east of Kathmanudu Credit: Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images