The preliminary investigations by the BMC have revealed that all 306 unauthorised hoardings in the city were permitted by the Railways and the GRP. According to BMC officials, there are 1,225 hoardings in Mumbai. During scrutiny following a recent hoarding collapse at Ghatkopar, they found that those cleared by the BMC are legal and within the permissible size of 40 by 40 feet, whereas the 306 hoardings permitted by the GRP and Western and Central Railway are illegal and lack requisite permission. Of the 306 illegal hoardings, 45 exceed the permissible size of 40x40 ft. Of the 306 illegal hoardings, the BMC had demolished 16 in Dadar TT and at the BPCL petrol pump in Ghatkopar, following the recent hoarding collapse which claimed 17 lives and injured 80.

BMC demolishes the illegal hoardings in Dadar. Pic/Ashish Raje