ALL ILLEGAL, UNLICENSED HOARDINGS TO GO ALL DICC. VILLAY COUL

BMC chief orders knocking down illegal boards; Thane, Navi Mumbai, Mira-Bhayandar Civic bodies call for structural audits

- SURESH GOLANI, RAINA ASSAINAR, BHALCHANDRA CHORGHADE NK GUPTA

It has taken 14 deaths and countless injuries for the BMC to say that it will act against all hoardings erected without its permission. No action was taken in the past against the giant hoarding that crashed on a petrol pump in Ghatkopar on Monday evening as a dispute was underway between the BMC and the Government Railway Police (GRP), an official said.

While BMC chief Bhushan Gagrani, on Tuesday, said that all the hoardings that are dangerous and without license will be removed from across 24 administrative wards, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde also gave directives to the civic body. Meanwhile, Thane, Navi Mumbai and the twin city of MiraBhayandar have individually issued notices to billboard holders to conduct audits of Cl Mir their structures Eknath to avert any such incident.