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GCC commissioner G S Sameeran said that 109 illegal hoardings have been identified across the city. “The skins of 73 hoardings in the city have been removed.
Because of corrupt officials,” he said, most government initiatives fail.
Prevention is better than compensation after a tragedy,” said D Neelakannan, president of the Tamil Nadu Alliance of Resident Welfare Associations. Residents complain that number of hoardings across the city had doubled over the past two years and that structures were visibly slanted. “Public safety is not negotiable. “GCC officials see a slanted hoarding but move on as though they have not noticed it.
GCC must take it up seriously and remove them within the next few days, considering the monsoon,” said Arappor Iyakkam convenor Jayaram Venkatesan. “All local bodies have been instructed to ensure that unauthorised hoardings are removed Authorised hoardings have structural stability and have paid the due fees,” said municipal administration and water supply secretary Gagandeep Singh Bedi. Residents and activisits urge that the civic body remove the entire structure if it is illegal or dangerous. “This exercise must not be an eyewash. Meanwhile, the drive has been extended across local bodies.