TMC removes over 3,700 illegal posters after MCC comes into force

The Thane Municipal Corporation TMC has removed 3778 unauthorised posters banners and hoardings across the city since the Model Code of Conduct came into force for the upcoming Maharashtra local body elections officials said on ThursdayThe drive was carried out by the encroachment department between 4 pm on December 15 2025 and December 18 2025 they saidPolling for the Thane Municipal Corporation elections is scheduled for January 15 2026 With the Model Code of Conduct now in place civic officials have begun strict action to ensure its proper implementation an official statement saidThe drive was conducted on the instructions of Umesh Birari Deputy Commissioner Elections and under the guidance of Assistant Commissioner Sopan BhaikAction across all ward committeesDesignated officers and assistant commissioners from all nine ward committees in the Thane Municipal Corporation area participated in the operationApart from removing illegal advertisements the civic body also covered foundation stones of development projects that displayed the names of public representatives as required under election rulesSpecial drive across ThaneDuring the operation unauthorised materials were removed across the city the officials said adding that the action was takes across Thane and following numbers of posters cutouts hoardings etc were removed 630 wall posters 897 posters 83 cutouts 1266 banners 602 flagsThis brought the total number of illegal advertisements removed to 3778Wardwise detailsThe wardwise action taken between December 15 and December 18 is as follows NaupadaKopri 754 Wagle Estate 512 Lokmanya Savarkar Nagar 508 Vartak Nagar 483 MajiwadaManpada 327 Uthalsar 707 Kalwa 76 Mumbra 179 Diva 232The civic administration said such enforcement drives will continue to maintain fair and transparent elections in the cityBMC removes 1323 political banners and 293 flags removedMeanwhileahead of the BMC Elections 2026 scheduled in January the Mumbai civic body has launched a crackdown on political banners posters hoardings and flags in the city as the Model Code of Conduct MCC came into effect on MondayThe BMC officials on Tuesday said that as many as 1323 political banners and 293 flags were removed from government public and private properties since Monday A total number of 2103 unauthorised political advertisement displays across Mumbai were removedThe operation was carried out on the instructions of Municipal Commissioner and Election Officer Bhushan Gagrani under the leadership of Additional Municipal Commissioner City Dr Ashwini Joshi and with guidance from Deputy Municipal Commissioner Special Chanda Jadhav officials saidFollowing the instructions a special drive was carried out over the last 24 hours and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC has taken action against hundreds of illegal banners and hoardings in the city