An audit of all outdoor advertisement hoardings within Mumbai municipal corporation limits is on the cards and reports will be tabled within a timeframe of three months. On Friday, the Maharashtra government stated that it would ask the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to conduct an audit of all outdoor advertisement hoardings installed across Mumbai and table the findings in the next session (monsoon session that usually commences from July).

The ruling party MLAs, during a question hour session in the state legislative assembly, cited several flaws regarding hoardings in the city, especially installation without proper approvals. BJP MLA Ameet Satam cited a hoarding at Mulund toll naka which has been fined 68 times for violation of rules. “The hoarding has MSRDC permission, but has not taken the mandatory BMC approvals for installation,” Satam said.