MCC commissioner K Harish Kumar said corporation would adopt zero tolerance to such development that mars city’s landscape.

To compound matters for those putting up hoardings in prominent
locations in the city with an eye on deriving mileage from it, the civic
body has decided to get them regularized and use it for government
purposes. Harish Kumar told TOI that the city corporation has to spent
big sums to remove such hoardings. “Instead, a better use of the same
would be to regularise it and use it to display public utility messages
including those on malaria,” he added.

Incidentally, Harish Kumar on Monday had issued a press statement
informing all concerned to remove illegal advertisement hoardings
displayed on private and revenue lands, buildings, circles, junctions
and those displayed on electricity poles.

The drive will
specifically target advertisements that are displayed without the
permission number issued by the city corporation.

DEADLINE FOR POSTERS

MCC has set July 31 deadline to all concerned to remove religious,
political and cinema posters displayed on compound walls of private and
government buildings. “People orowners of property who fail to meet this
deadline will be booked under Karnataka Open Places (Prevention of
Disfigurement) Act, 1981. MCC officials are following up on a resolution adopted by the council of the corporation at its monthly meeting,” he added.