Cracking down on anonymous political hoardings, the Election Commission has sought the disclosure of names of their publishers and printers for traceability and accountability. In a letter to Chief Secretaries of all States and Union Territories on April 10, the EC directed them to ensure clear identification of printers and publishers on printed election-related material, including hoardings, for accountability and …
Incidents of giant outdoor billboards crashing and becoming death traps are no longer an exception in urban environments. Ironically, it was in April that the Tamil Nadu Urban Local Bodies Rules 2023 were notified, with terms for the licensing of hoardings, banners and placards. A lack of manpower in municipalities to enumerate unlicensed hoardings, periodically inspect authorised billboards, and act …
Huge TMC hoardings dot the posh locality of Alipore-Belvedere Road in Kolkata. They show a larger-than-life Mamata Banerjee, West Bengal chief minister, a moderately-sized Abhishek Banerjee, her nephew and a miniscule-by-comparison Firhad Hakim, state urban development minister. With rebels in her party like Suvendu Adhikary and Rajib Banerjee drawing attention to their narrative of being “people’s leader” and an “emblem …
