Times of India: Mumbai: Thursday,
5 September 2024.
In the wake of the Ghatkopar
hoarding crash on May 13, which claimed 17 lives, Central Railway (CR) has
dismantled four large hoardings and reduced the size of 14 others to abide by a
Supreme Court directive on conforming to the 40x40sqft constraint for billboards.
As per information procured by RTI activist Anil Galgali from CR, four of 18 hoardings, ranging from 1,598sqft to 3,200ft, have been removed on Sandhurst Road, Chunabhatti and Tilak Nagar. Those that were resized were in Wadi Bandar, Byculla, Chunabhatti, Suman Nagar and Tilak Nagar.
On July 10, SC had upheld BMC's restrictions on hoardings' dimensions, which were put in place owing to the city's distinctive topography, climatic conditions and proximity to the sea.
Following the Ghatkopar crash, BMC issued a notice to railways, mandating removal of any hoarding breaching the size limit. It was reported there were 45 such hoardings on railway land.
BMC requires that a stability certificate be submitted for each hoarding every two years. Agencies that fail to submit this after repeated notices will be told to dismantle their hoardings.
As per information procured by RTI activist Anil Galgali from CR, four of 18 hoardings, ranging from 1,598sqft to 3,200ft, have been removed on Sandhurst Road, Chunabhatti and Tilak Nagar. Those that were resized were in Wadi Bandar, Byculla, Chunabhatti, Suman Nagar and Tilak Nagar.
On July 10, SC had upheld BMC's restrictions on hoardings' dimensions, which were put in place owing to the city's distinctive topography, climatic conditions and proximity to the sea.
Following the Ghatkopar crash, BMC issued a notice to railways, mandating removal of any hoarding breaching the size limit. It was reported there were 45 such hoardings on railway land.
BMC requires that a stability certificate be submitted for each hoarding every two years. Agencies that fail to submit this after repeated notices will be told to dismantle their hoardings.
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