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GCC releases SOP to regulate installation of statues, flagpoles
The New Indian Express
|November 12, 2025
FOLLOWING the Revenue and Disaster Management Department's government order constituting district and divisionallevel committees to regulate the installation of temporary flagpoles across the state, the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) Commissioner J Kumaragurubaran, who chairs the districtlevel committee for Chennai, has released a comprehensive Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) governing the installation of new statues and temporary flagpoles within city limits.
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The SOP mandates that individuals, political parties, religious bodies, and event organisers must apply to the divisional level sub-committee at least seven days in advance. Applications must include details such as the number, height and materi
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