The Times of India 12.11.2009
Poster ban extended to corpn-owned blgs
CHENNAI: The ban against posters on subways, flyovers amd select arterial roads in north and south Chennai was on Wednsday extended to 3,464 buildings of the Chennai Corporation. Posters on walls of zonal offices will soon be replaced with murals depicting the state's art and culture.
"The aim is to give the city an aesthetic appeal," mayor M Subramanian told The Times of India while inspecting the whitening of walls on Nungambakkam High Road. About two lakh sq ft of space on walls will be covered.
"Almost all government buildings on Anna Salai, the Raj Bhavan on Sardar Patel Road, the Kilpauk Medical College, Government General Hospital, Institute of Mental Health on Medavakkam Tank Road and Island Grounds near the War Memorial will be covered initially," Subramanian added.
The local body, at an estimated Rs 33 per sq ft for murals, floated tenders for buildings in the Saidapet, Mylapore, Ice House, Basin Bridge and Kodambakkam zones.
"Complaints have been filed with the police against six persons for violating the ban order in subways and roads," sources said. Under Section 4 (1) of the Tamil Nadu Open Places (Prevention of Disfigurement) Act, 1959, whoever exhibits on any place open to public view any objectionable advertisement will incur three months imprisonment or a fine of Rs 200.
On June 10, the corporation banned the defacement of walls on Anna Salai and Kamarajar Salai. Later the ban was extended to Tiruvottiyur High Road and Dr Radhakrishnan Salai and then to 250 subways and flyovers of the corporation and 27 maintained by the state highways department and the railways.
"The aim is to give the city an aesthetic appeal," mayor M Subramanian told The Times of India while inspecting the whitening of walls on Nungambakkam High Road. About two lakh sq ft of space on walls will be covered.
"Almost all government buildings on Anna Salai, the Raj Bhavan on Sardar Patel Road, the Kilpauk Medical College, Government General Hospital, Institute of Mental Health on Medavakkam Tank Road and Island Grounds near the War Memorial will be covered initially," Subramanian added.
The local body, at an estimated Rs 33 per sq ft for murals, floated tenders for buildings in the Saidapet, Mylapore, Ice House, Basin Bridge and Kodambakkam zones.
"Complaints have been filed with the police against six persons for violating the ban order in subways and roads," sources said. Under Section 4 (1) of the Tamil Nadu Open Places (Prevention of Disfigurement) Act, 1959, whoever exhibits on any place open to public view any objectionable advertisement will incur three months imprisonment or a fine of Rs 200.
On June 10, the corporation banned the defacement of walls on Anna Salai and Kamarajar Salai. Later the ban was extended to Tiruvottiyur High Road and Dr Radhakrishnan Salai and then to 250 subways and flyovers of the corporation and 27 maintained by the state highways department and the railways.
