Unauthorised hoardings a recurring problem: Bombay HC, seeks Maha govt's reply

The Bombay High Court on Monday noted that unauthorized hoardings banners and posters are a recurring problem and sought the Maharashtra governments reply on the proposed measures to check the issueA division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice M S Karnik was informed by Advocate General AG Ashutosh Kumbhakoni that a special drive was conducted across the state last month and several illegal hoardings were removedKumbhakoni further said that guidelines and rules have been issued on the issue and police officers and municipal authorities have been sensitizedJustice Karnik then pointed out that a huge hoarding was put up last week outside the official residence of the Chief Justice in south MumbaiAll these special drives are okay but how do you prevent these illegal hoardings coming up again and again Rules guidelines are in place now execution is required Justice Karnik saidAlso Read Find out where are film producer Mushtaq Nadiadwala children Dont make him run from pillar to post Bombay HC to CentreAG Kumbhakoni apologised for the hoarding outside the CJs residence and said continuous monitoring would be requiredThe bench was hearing a bunch of public interest litigations PILs on the issue of unauthorized and illegal hoardings banners and posters put up across the state defacing public roadsThe AG submitted a report of the state government to the court on Monday as per which 27206 hoardings were removed on August 3 and 4 during a special drive across all municipal corporations except Mumbai A fine of Rs 723 crore was recoveredFrom the district councils 686 hoardings were removed and a fine of Rs 38000 was collectedIn Mumbai the drive was conducted for ten days August 3 to 13 During this 1693 hoardings were removed and 168 FIRs were lodged Kumbhakoni told the courtAdvocate Manoj Shirsat appearing for one of the petitioners suggested for QR codes to be displayed on the hoarding or banner which could be scanned to ascertain if permission has been granted for the sameThe court asked Kumbhakoni to consider the sameThe bench posted the matter for further hearing on October 13This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever