The Deccan Chronicle 10.11.2010
Corporation report soon on illegal city billboardsNov. 9: The Madras high court on Tuesday directed Corporation of Chennai to file a report regarding the number of unauthorised hoardings erected, their removal and prosecution of offenders who illegally erected digital billboards in the city.
A contempt application filed by activist ‘Traffic’ Ramasamy came up for hearing before a division bench comprising Justices D. Murugesan and Vinod K. Sharma, and additional advocate general P. Wilson submitted that steps are taken to bring in a comprehensive legislation on the matter relating to digital banners and hoardings by amending Chapter XII-A of the Chennai City Municipal Corporation Act.
But he said this could not be done in the winter session of the Assembly because of its short duration and the legislation would be tabled during in the next session.
Recording the submission, the bench directed the corporation to file a report regarding action taken by the civic body on illegal hoardings by furnishing details of the number of billboards erected, their removal and the cases against people who erected the hoardings.
The bench posted further hearing of the contempt application to November 23. By an order dated January 29, 2010, the court had directed the authorities to take necessary steps to remove all unauthorised hoardings, to prevent such billboards from being put up and to take action against violators.
