Times
of India: Mumbai: Wednesday, 04 February 2015.
Bombay high
court on Tuesday questioned the basis of the civic body's decision not to allow
hoardings on buildings that are over 30 years old.
A division
bench of Justice Vasanti Naik and Justice C V Bhadang heard a petition filed
last year by Mumbai Hoarding Owners' Association challenging a notification of
the civic body amending the regulations on hoardings.
On May 9,
2014, the civic body amended the existing policy to disallow hoardings on
buildings older than 30 years old out of "safety concerns". In its
petition, the association urged for directions to declare the circular illegal
and to prevent the BMC from implementing it stating that their "survival
would be affected". It also claimed that through RTI applications they
have learnt that since1983 no building has collapsed as result of hoardings
installed on them. The BMC's advocate, Birendra Saraf, said the decision was
taken because hoardings add to a building's burden.
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