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BBMP to roll out SOP with city police over unauthorised hoardings

BENGALURU: With the intention to curb the rampant installation of unauthorised flexes and banners in the city, the BBMP, in coordination with the city police, will be rolling out a Standard Operating Procedure soon. BBMP Chief Commissioner Tushar Girinath, Bengaluru City Police Commissioner B Dayananda, and other senior officers from the Palike and the police department held a coordination meeting …

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The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike will assign a Prahari vehicle for each zone to monitor and pull down unauthorised BBMP Chief Civic Commissioner Tushar Giri Nath on Tuesday said that along with the Police Department, the BBMP will roll out a Standard Operating Procedure to control the advent of unauthorised flex banners, after a meeting with the police. This comes …

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Tiruchi Corporation launches drive to remove unauthorised hoardings

Tiruchi Corporation has launched an enforcement drive to remove unauthorised and illegal Despite continued efforts, According to an official source, a no-objection certificate from the Corporation, the police, and the district administration is mandatory for putting up hoardings on the terrace of private property. The drive will be carried out periodically, and a penalty imposed on people erecting such hoardings,” …

Observing that the authorities have not cared to implement the court’s orders to prevent unauthorised hoardings, the High Court of Karnataka on Friday suo motu initiated proceeding against Chief Commissioner of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike and the City Police Commissioner and asked them to explain why action should not be initiated against them for wilfully disobeying court’s orders. Aravind …

Kerala HC directs police chief to probe into unauthorised hoardings in city

The Kerala High Court on June 27 directed the District Police Chief to inquire into the erection of unauthorised hoardings in the city, especially on traffic signs such as no-parking boards, and to identify those behind such acts and file a report. The court issued the directive when petitions seeking removal of unauthorised boards and banners from public places came …

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Greater Chennai Corporation will conduct an audit of the structural stability of scaffoldings that hold up the hoardings, billboards and banners in the city, at the zonal level, said Commissioner J.Radhakrishnan. “In the light of the accident in Mumbai on May 13, in which an unauthorised hoarding fell killing 14 persons, kindly ensure that all illegal hoardings are removed and …

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PUNE: The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation has approached the Bombay High Court against its ‘status quo’ ruling dated May 5, 2022 saying that the corporation’s efforts to remove at least 434 unauthorised hoardings in the city have ground to a halt due to the said ruling. Singh said that the PCMC has been making concerted efforts to remove unauthorised hoardings that …

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 …

Despite having over 3,000 unauthorised hoardings dotting the city skyline, the Pune Municipal Corporation has only filed 24 FIRs against owners of the respective companies and sent 160 letters to the city police since January 2021. The city has been defaced by a slew of political and commercial hoardings that were erected without permission from the PMC administration, resulting in …

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 …