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Thiruvananthapuram corporation removes 8,000 illegal hoardings in four days

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With the High Court breathing down its neck, the city corporation has launched special drives to crack down on violators and remove illegal flex boards, hoardings and banners from medians, traffic islands, footpaths and public spaces posing risk to the environment, pedestrians and motorists in the state capital. According to TALCO, an agency engaged by the civic body for …

1 month ago

CCMC to install large screens to hide distractive hoardings erected by railways

New Indian Express

COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation has planned to install large screens and hide illegal flex banners and hoardings that have been installed parallel to the Dr Krishnaswamy Road, as Southern Railways officials have been refusing to remove them. Motorists and social activists have raised concerns over illegal hoardings and flex banners installed on Dr Krishnasamy Road also known as …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Shiv Sena (UBT), BJP leaders spar over Coastal Road hoardings at BMC

Hindustan Times

Mumbai: Political theatrics ensued in the headquarters of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation on Monday afternoon, thanks to back-to-back appointments between Shiv Sena MLA Aaditya Thackeray and Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Ashish Shelar with municipal commissioner Bhushan Gagrani. Soon after he walked in at 2pm, Thackeray made a vehement argument about the danger of putting up four to five hoardings planned …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Senior citizen injured after flex board falls on him

The Hindu

A 70-year-old man was injured when a flex board crashed on him in Rajanukunte, on the outskirts of the city, on Saturday. The Rajanukunte police reached the spot, inspected the accident scene, and removed hoardings and flexes put up in and around the area. The police have also asked panchayat officials to identify and remove illegal hoardings in public places, …

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Maharashtra govt to unveil new policy for Mumbai hoardings after Ghatkopar incident

Hindustan Times

Maharashtra minister Uday Samant on Monday announced that the state government is set to unveil a new policy regarding hoardings in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region during legislative assembly meeting. The industry minister added that former Allahabad High Court chief justice Dilip Bhosle is investigating the collapse which took place on May 13. Former Allahabad high court chief justice Dilip Bhosle …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Maharashtra govt. to unveil new policy for hoardings in Mumbai Metropolitan Region

The Hindu

The Maharashtra government will soon unveil a policy regarding hoardings in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, State Minister Uday Samant told the Legislative Assembly on July 1. Mr. Samant made the statement during a discussion about hoardings erected in the city by violating rules and the hoarding collapse incident in which 17 people lost their lives last month. He said the …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Railways will have to follow civic body laws on hoardings, says Uday Samant

Hindustan Times

Mumbai: Responding to a debate in the Legislative Council over Ghatkopar hoarding collapse incident that resulted in the deaths of 17 people and left 74 others injured on May 13, state industry minister Uday Samant on Saturday said the railways, which belongs to the Centre, will have to adhere to civic body laws on hoardings. Samant said the government is …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Hoarding collapse: SIT questions civic engineer who issued notice to GRP, then withdrew it

Hindustan Times

Mumbai: A civic engineer who had issued a notice to the Government Railway Police for erecting the illegal, oversized hoarding at Ghatkopar that collapsed on May 13 but withdrawn it later was questioned by the Special Investigation Team of Mumbai police’s crime branch. He was in constant touch during this period with Bhavesh Bhinde, proprietor of Ego Media Pvt Ltd, …

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7 months ago

BMC sets up expert panel to frame guidelines for billboards in Mumbai

Hindustan Times

Mumbai, The Mumbai civic body has set up an eight-member panel that includes experts from IIT Bombay for developing comprehensive guidelines concerning billboards and outdoor advertising in the city, an official said on Wednesday. HT Image The guidelines will balance the "aesthetic, economic, and regulatory aspects" of outdoor advertising in Mumbai, said the official from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, citing …

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7 months, 1 week ago

After Mumbai hoarding collapse, Chennai Corporation orders removal of illegal billboards

India TV News

Following the crash of an oversized billboard in Mumbai due to massive storm and gusty winds, killing 16 people, Greater Chennai Corporation Commissioner Dr J Radhakrishnan on Friday directed civic officials to remove all illegal hoardings and audit the structural stability of approved ones in the metro city. Also the zonal officials have been asked to identify such "unsafe" hoardings …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Mumbai hoarding collapse: Search and rescue operation called off; death toll at 16

New Indian Express

MUMBAI: The search and rescue operation at the Ghatkopar hoarding collapse site in Mumbai was called off on Thursday morning, an official of the National Disaster Response Force said. The operation went on for 66 hours after a giant 120-foot-by-120-foot hoarding collapsed on a petrol pump in the Chheda Nagar area during gusty winds on Monday evening, the official said. …

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7 months, 1 week ago

BMC issues notice to railway authorities, asking them to remove hoardings of above 40x40 feet size

New Indian Express

MUMBAI: In the wake of the Mumbai billboard collapse incident that claimed 14 lives, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has issued notices to the administrations of the Central Railway and the Western Railway for removal of oversized hoardings erected on their land. In a release issued on Wednesday evening, the Mumbai civic body said that under Section 30 of the Disaster …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Mumbai hoarding collapse: BMC orders action against all illegal billboards | Top Updates

Hindustan Times

Mumbai hoarding collapse updates: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation on Tuesday said that it would be taking strict action against all the illegal billboards being put up in the city after a 120x120-feet hoarding collapsed in the Ghatkopar area killing at least 14 killed and injuring dozens. Rescue and relief work underway near the site of the hoarding collapse at Ghatkopar …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Mumbai Hoarding Collapse: All About Bhavesh Bhinde, The Billboard Owner Who Went 'Missing'

News 18

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has ordered the removal of remaining hoardings on Government Railway Police land at Chheda Nagar in the eastern part of Mumbai’s Ghatkopar, where at least 14 persons were killed and 74 injured when a 100-feet-tall illegal billboard fell at a petrol pump during massive dust storms and unseasonal rains on Monday. The billboards on GRP land …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Maharashtra government launches inquiry into Mumbai hoarding collapse; owner absconding

New Indian Express

MUMBAI: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday ordered a high-level inquiry into the collapse of a billboard at the Ghatkopar incident where 14 people were killed and 44 others were injured. As per a BMC note, Ego Media erected the hoarding, which the local police had allowed. However, the size of the illegal hoarding was 120 x 120 …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Kerala: Parties back to old ways, poll materials litter roads

New Indian Express

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It has been three days since the general elections are over, but the political parties and the candidates are yet to remove the hoardings, posters and flyers they put up across Thiruvananthapuram during the campaign period. Fearing the political parties, the civic authorities have not initiated any steps to remove even hoardings that have been disrupting the movement of …

1 year, 8 months ago

How court’s stay halted PCMC action against hoarding that collapsed killing five

Hindustan Times

Pune: The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation has issued a clarification on the recent collapse of a hoarding due to strong winds on Monday, stating that the metal frame structure was unauthorised. Addressing the media at PCMC headquarters on Tuesday, Shekhar Singh, Pimpri-Chinchwad municipal commissioner, said, “The owner of the illegal hoarding was served a notice for its removal prior to the …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Karnataka HC Expresses Displeasure Over Compliance Report on Illegal Hoardings, Calls it 'Eye-wash'

News 18

The High Court of Karnataka has expressed its displeasure at the compliance report filed by city civic agency the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike on the issue of illegal hoardings and banners here. The Division Bench headed by the Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale expressed surprise at only 53 First Information Reports being filed out of the 9,570 unauthorised hoardings, banners …

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2 years ago

BMC to introduce QR code system for banners/hoardings to weed out illegal ones

Hindustan Times

In a heartening development for a city overrun by illegal banners, posters and hoardings, the civic body will henceforth use a QR code-based system to take timely action against these. Political banners on the road side at Currey Road area in Mumbai The move comes in the wake of the state urban department’s directive in mid-November to the BMC and …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Show steps taken against illegal hoardings in last 4 years: Bombay HC to state authorities

India Today

The Bombay High Court, while directing the Maharashtra government and all civic bodies and district councils to submit a report on steps taken against illegal hoardings and banners, said, "Four years have passed. We want an updated report from the state government and the commissioners of all municipal corporations and chief officers of all district councils on steps taken against …

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4 years ago

Violating norms, GHMC uses hazardous plastic during elections

Deccan Chronicle

HYDERABAD: The over-enthusiastic Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation officials have once again erected over 200 flexies and hoardings at DRC centre, polling stations and polling locations despite plastic ban being imposed in the city. Flexies can be seen in all voter awareness campaigns, monsoon action team vehicles, instant repair team vehicles and the corporation has promoted through huge amounts of plastic …

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Thiruvananthapuram corporation removes 8,000 illegal hoardings in four days

CCMC to install large screens to hide distractive hoardings erected by railways

Shiv Sena (UBT), BJP leaders spar over Coastal Road hoardings at BMC

Senior citizen injured after flex board falls on him

Maharashtra govt to unveil new policy for Mumbai hoardings after Ghatkopar incident

Maharashtra govt. to unveil new policy for hoardings in Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Railways will have to follow civic body laws on hoardings, says Uday Samant

Hoarding collapse: SIT questions civic engineer who issued notice to GRP, then withdrew it

BMC sets up expert panel to frame guidelines for billboards in Mumbai

After Mumbai hoarding collapse, Chennai Corporation orders removal of illegal billboards

Mumbai hoarding collapse: Search and rescue operation called off; death toll at 16

BMC issues notice to railway authorities, asking them to remove hoardings of above 40x40 feet size

Mumbai hoarding collapse: BMC orders action against all illegal billboards | Top Updates

Mumbai Hoarding Collapse: All About Bhavesh Bhinde, The Billboard Owner Who Went 'Missing'

Maharashtra government launches inquiry into Mumbai hoarding collapse; owner absconding

Kerala: Parties back to old ways, poll materials litter roads

How court’s stay halted PCMC action against hoarding that collapsed killing five

Karnataka HC Expresses Displeasure Over Compliance Report on Illegal Hoardings, Calls it 'Eye-wash'

BMC to introduce QR code system for banners/hoardings to weed out illegal ones

Show steps taken against illegal hoardings in last 4 years: Bombay HC to state authorities

Violating norms, GHMC uses hazardous plastic during elections