Mumbai: Following the falling billboard incident in Ghatkopar, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday issued a notice to an advertising agency asking it to immediately remove the remaining three hoardings near the site, officials said.
A notice has been issued to M/s Ego Media in connection with the installation of a hoarding that fell on a petrol pump during strong winds on Monday evening. According to the police, eight people died and more than 70 were injured in this incident.
"BMC has asked the advertising agency to immediately remove the remaining three hoardings as they do not have valid permission," an official said.
The Assistant Commissioner of Police (Administration) had given permission on behalf of the Commissioner of Railway Police, Mumbai, to erect four hoardings, including the one that collapsed on Monday, but no official permission or NO was taken from the BMC.The official said the land on which the hoarding was put up was Collecto land and as per property card records it was in the possession of the Maharashtra government's Police Housing Welfare Corporation.
I said, the land was initially given to the Government Railway Police for use.
A BMC official said that earlier on May 2, BMC had issued a notice to the Assistant Commissioner of Police (Administration) of Railway Police asking him to direct the advertising agency to cancel all the permissions and remove the hoardings.
He said Mumbai Police had registered a case against the advertising agency concerned for allegedly poisoning trees obstructing the view of hoardings in Chheda Nagar area.
The official said a case was registered against Mulund-based M/s Ego Media on July 13, 2023, at Pant Nagar police station for poisoning nine coconut trees and two bottle palm trees.Although the BMC allows a maximum hoarding size of 40x40 square feet, the size of the illegal hoarding that fell was 120 x 120 square feet, the official said.
He said that the work order for installing hoardings was first given in December 2021 by the then Assistant Commissioner of Police on behalf of the GRP Commissioner.
GRP Commissioner Ravindra Shisave said that the land where the hoardings were put up was in the possession of the Government Railway Police, but the hoardings were put up there even before he took charge.
He further said that the GRP has already started investigation regarding the permission given for putting up the hoardings.
“Taking the incident seriously, an investigation has been launched to find out under whose authority the permission was given,” Shisawe said.,
According to sources, BMC is likely to remove all three hoardings on Tuesday.
A notice has been issued to M/s Ego Media in connection with the installation of a hoarding that fell on a petrol pump during strong winds on Monday evening. According to the police, eight people died and more than 70 were injured in this incident.
"BMC has asked the advertising agency to immediately remove the remaining three hoardings as they do not have valid permission," an official said.
The Assistant Commissioner of Police (Administration) had given permission on behalf of the Commissioner of Railway Police, Mumbai, to erect four hoardings, including the one that collapsed on Monday, but no official permission or NO was taken from the BMC.The official said the land on which the hoarding was put up was Collecto land and as per property card records it was in the possession of the Maharashtra government's Police Housing Welfare Corporation.
I said, the land was initially given to the Government Railway Police for use.
A BMC official said that earlier on May 2, BMC had issued a notice to the Assistant Commissioner of Police (Administration) of Railway Police asking him to direct the advertising agency to cancel all the permissions and remove the hoardings.
He said Mumbai Police had registered a case against the advertising agency concerned for allegedly poisoning trees obstructing the view of hoardings in Chheda Nagar area.
The official said a case was registered against Mulund-based M/s Ego Media on July 13, 2023, at Pant Nagar police station for poisoning nine coconut trees and two bottle palm trees.Although the BMC allows a maximum hoarding size of 40x40 square feet, the size of the illegal hoarding that fell was 120 x 120 square feet, the official said.
He said that the work order for installing hoardings was first given in December 2021 by the then Assistant Commissioner of Police on behalf of the GRP Commissioner.
GRP Commissioner Ravindra Shisave said that the land where the hoardings were put up was in the possession of the Government Railway Police, but the hoardings were put up there even before he took charge.
He further said that the GRP has already started investigation regarding the permission given for putting up the hoardings.
“Taking the incident seriously, an investigation has been launched to find out under whose authority the permission was given,” Shisawe said.,
According to sources, BMC is likely to remove all three hoardings on Tuesday.
