The Times of India 24.08.2012
Municipal corporation to clamp down on illegal signboards
CHANDIGARH: As illegal signboards, billboards at commercial establishments and violation of the Advertisement Control Act have been increasing day by day, the civic body authorities plan to deal with the problem with an iron hand.
The members of the municipal corporation
enforcement committee on Wednesday told officers to look into the
possibilities to penalize the violators to check the practice.
A member of the committee, Major (retired) D S Sandhu, said, "The violation of the Advertisement Control Act can be noticed in every commercial area of the city. And as illegal hoardings can be found everywhere, so there is a need to keep a check on it."
He
added, "It is quite surprising that MC enforcement wing can only remove
the illegal hoardings, but cannot penalize the violators. We have asked
the officials to take up the matter with the UT administration and add a
clause of maximum penalty to the rules, so that the wing can punish the
violators."
M P Kohli, vice-chairman of the committee, said,
"There are many illegal hoardings and signboards. Strict norms are
required to check these." In the past, these billboards have hampered
the functioning of firemen as they tried to control flames at commercial
establishments.
