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The Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) has issued notices to the owners of 60 hoardings that were found to be illegally installed on its properties without the required “No Objection Certificate (NOC)”.
According to the vice-president and chief executive officer of MHADA, Sanjeev Jaiswal, of the 62 hoardings put up on its properties, 60 lacked the necessary NOC from the authority. In the notices, the authority has sought the immediate removal of these hoardings, non-compliance of which would result in enforced dismantling with assistance from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Jaiswal said.
The action was taken in the wake of the Ghatkopar hoarding collapse incident that claimed 17 lives.
The BMC has also issued show-cause notices to advertisers, requiring them to submit MHADA’s NOC within a specified period. Failure to comply will lead to the revocation of advertising permits and legal action under the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, 1888, according to a MHADA official.
As part of their joint action, MHADA and BMC have already removed an unauthorised hoarding at the Shubh Jeevan Cooperative Housing Society in Juhu Vile Parle. This initiative follows directives from Chief Minister Eknath Shinde to eliminate illegal hoardings across Mumbai.
The Ghatkopar incident on May 13 left 17 dead and 75 injured, after an illegal hoarding collapsed on a petrol pump during a storm.
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