Bengal Govt orders removal of wall graffitis

Kolkata, Mar 8 (UNI) The West Bengal Government today issued a notification for erasing all existing wall graffitis in the state on priority basis.

In an order, the Home Department asked all District Maigstrates and the Commissioner of Police of Kolkata to ensure removal of the graffitis as early as possible and furnish daily reports of progress to the Government and the Chief Electoral Officer(CEO).

" The notification has put highest priority on removal of wall writings speedily," CEO Debasish Sen said.

The whole process would be done at Government expenses, Mr Sen said adding the work for erasing graffitis had already started in a number of districts.

The Government order followed implementation of an Act banning all kinds of wall writing throughout the state which had evoked protests from political parties, taking plunge into campaigning for the coming Assembly electioins.

Mr Sen said the Election Commission, in a directive, had restricted the number of cars and persons accompanying a candidate at the time of filing nomination. The EC had stipulated that while the number of cars should not be more than three, five persons, including the proposer, would be allowed to accompany the candidate of a recoginised political party. The number should be a maximum of 14 in the case of an independent nominee, the CEO said.

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