The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has imposed a ban on erection of any type of flex banners, hoardings or sign boards across its limits.
GHMC Commissioner and Special Officer Somesh Kumar has warned the agencies, business managements, coaching centres, educational institutions and commercial establishments in the GHMC limits that hereafter no one should erect any type of flex banners, hoardings, sign boards etc., as per the orders of the High Court. He said those violating rules would be have to face legal action by way of heavy penalties and even seizure of shops/establishments.
The Special Officer said that the GHMC was in receipt of lot of complaints with regard to unauthorized flex banners, hoardings, sign boards etc., at Ameerpet in the surroundings of Mythrivanam and Aditya Enclave Centre where most of the business / Commercial Establishments, Educations Institutions are erecting hoardings and distributing pamphlets giving very shabby look to the entire area.
Somesh Kumar personally inspected some of the business establishments and observed that the hoardings and flex banners were posing a threat to the citizens’ lives. He directed the institutions to remove the banners/ hoardings by March 7.
Additional Commissioner (H&S) N Ravi Kiran, Zonal Commissioner (Central) MSS Somaraju and other senior officials from the Traffic Police Department and officials from Engineering, Town Planning and health wings of GHMC have participated in the inspection. (INN)