JMC conducts drive for removal of unauthorized hoardings

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 12: On the instructions of Dr Manmohan Singh Commissioner, Jammu Municipal Corporation and under the supervision of R S Jamwal, Joint Commissioner (Administration), the Enforce-ment staff conducted an exclusive drive for the removal of hoardings, signboards, billboards and banners which had been displayed/ erected upon public places for advertisement unauthorizedly.
During the drive the team removed the hoardings, sign boards, banners etc from the public places / poles which were installed / displayed by various Business Establish-ments, Institutions, Agencies, Firms etc without permission in different areas under the jurisdiction of Jammu Municipal Corporation and seized two truck loads of such material and impounded it to the Municipal Yard at Town Hall, Jammu.
All the firms / agencies have been asked by JMC to remove the hoardings / sign boards / banners from the public places / poles to avoid penal action under law.