Whilst two extra our bodies had been recovered from the particles of the Ghatkopar billboard cave in on Wednesday, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Company (BMC) claims that there are 1,025 hoardings within the town. The quantity, which any Mumbaikar might in finding onerous to consider after one have a look at the hoardings round him, issues to the bigger downside — rankings of unlawful billboards that face no motion.
The 120×120 sq feet hoarding that collapsed on a petroleum pump at Chhedanagar alongside the Jap Freeway in Ghatkopar after a duststorm and gusty winds lashed the town on Monday, too, used to be unlawful.
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Within the wake of the incident, the BMC shared main points of the hoardings put in in its 24 wards. Whilst 4 wards — D (Grant Highway), H-West (Bandra) and Okay-East (Andheri East) and Okay-West (Andheri West) – most sensible the record, all wards have a minimum of greater than 100 hoardings each and every.
BMC EARNS Rs 200 CRORE A YEAR FROM HOARDINGS
The civic frame earns round Rs 200 crore in annual earnings in the course of the licensing of those hoarding, consistent with Deputy Municipal commissioner Sanjog Kabare, in one in all his previous interviews. In step with resources, the BMC fees round Rs 1.75 lakh per 30 days for a 40×40 sq. toes construction.
The foundations laid down via the civic frame for the hoardings are:
- There must be a minimal distance of 70 metres between two hoardings.
- Hoardings have to stick to 40×40 sqft norm.
- BMC must be given a structural audit each and every two years.
The permission doesn’t come simple. The licence division, which seems to be into the advertisements publish on steel constructions, seeks no-objection certificate from quite a lot of departments. The development and factories division problems allows after consulting different departments similar to hearth brigade, engineering and property, amongst others. The lawn division, soil checking out and tree authority be certain that the flowers isn’t broken. The settlement is for a length of 1 12 months, with a hard and fast deposit and apartment charge.
In step with resources, on the other hand, the government in addition to the candidates forget about the renewal procedure after erecting the hoarding.
IN CASE OF RAILWAY LAND
Within the blame sport that ensued between the BMC, Railways and Executive Railway Police (GRP) after the Ghatkopar incident, the civic frame used to be fast to show that the hoarding used to be on a railway land. The railways mentioned it wasn’t their land.
That is some other catch for the candidates because the BMC laws don’t follow to railway land. That in all probability explains why no motion used to be taken despite the fact that the Ghatkopar hoarding, which used to be 120×120 sq feet, used to be even allowed to be publish. There are 179 hoardings on railway land within the town, mentioned resources.
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Additionally, the BMC had even despatched a letter to the GRP and filed a grievance with the police two weeks in the past, claiming bushes had been poisoned to erect the hoarding. The GRP, in a remark, mentioned the method of elimination of hoardings started after the BMC despatched them a letter closing week.
On the other hand, in spite of flouting the dimensions and tree norms, the hoarding nonetheless stood there in the midst of a duststorm on Monday.
THE HC RAP
Closing 12 months, the Bombay Top Courtroom had pulled up the Maharashtra executive for its state of no activity in opposition to unlawful hoardings and banners. The courtroom had discussed that the citizens of Mumbai sought after hoardings to be got rid of as a result of they deface the town and create stumbling blocks. The commentary got here all over a listening to on pleas of non-compliance of the courtroom’s 2017 orders to drag down unlawful hoardings.
The prime courtroom had additionally requested the BMC to agree to Executive Answer (GR) issued via the state, which said {that a} hoarding or banner must have a QR code consisting of the title of the individual to whom the permission is granted and the length for which it’s given.
Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde has now introduced a structural audit of all hoardings in Mumbai. 3 hoardings erected via the accused within the Ghatkopar case, Bhavesh Bhinde of Ego Media Media Pvt Ltd promoting company, in the similar space were pulled down. The civic frame has even began a crackdown on different unlawful hoardings.
Whilst the negligence of the government in checking the dimensions, renewals and permissions value the town a minimum of 14 lives, Mumbaikars hope the motion forward of the monsoon would possibly avert any more tragedy.
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