Ahmedabad: Gujarat Court on Thursday issued a notification to the State Government and Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) more pills seeking to ensure the safety provisions for erections from billboards and hoardings on the path or superstructure, especially during natural disasters as recently tauctae Cyclone.
Applicant Sanjay Joshi has urged HC to direct authority to conduct a survey and remove all billboards, hoardings, LCD and LEDs displayed on the streets or buildings after they are found dangerous for public safety.
On behalf of the Petitioner, advocating Neel and Dhwani Lakhani believes that there is no regulation regarding installation, and checking the quality of whether advertising material can cause damage to life and property in any accident case.
The structure that hoardings is placed also at times does not have the right stability to hold them.
This was seen during the Tauktae cyclone when the loss of life and property due to collapse of hoardings was witnessed.
In addition, pedestrians are also at risk of permanently because of the erection of billboards because they are placed looking for purely with commercial interest and there seems to be no propriety and regulation in their company.
General Development Control Regulations also have no provisions to monitor and implement quality checks while establishing billboards.
After the Introduction Session, the bench was led by the Acting Chief Justice of the Court RM Chhaya was searched for from the authorities in November 17.
HC also mentions litigation from 2014 in order when Vadodara Municipal Corporation has agreed to ensure that it will not place advertising for pedestrians on the path.