CHANDIGARH: Enforcement wing of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation
on Tuesday removed 200 signboards and hoardings displayed by
shopkeepers, showroom owners in the market area of sector 7 and sector
26, situated on the Madhya Marg, for violating the provisions of the
Advertisement Control Order. The action has been taken under section 5
of the Chandigarh Advertisement Control Order 1954.

During
the course of drive, team of the enforcement staff removed signboards
with the help of electrical boom ladder from the front sides of
showrooms.

The defaulters had been asked time and
again to remove the hoardings and advertisements failing which, the same
have been removed at the cost of owner or occupier and the material and
articles used for the said advertisement, sky, signs have been
confiscated. Such type of drives will also be carried out for violations
under provisions of the Advertisement Control Order in other markets
also.

The drive was carried under the supervision
of Lalit Siwach, additional municipal commissioner assisted by Kashmira
Singh, superintendent of the enforcement wing and other staff.