Permanent Notice Boards on Delhi roads for sticking posters

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New Delhi, June 14 (UNI) Concerned over indiscriminate pasting of posters on walls in the national capital, Delhi government has initiated action for installation of uniform permanent notice boards to display proper non-commercial information on roads in a regulated manner.

This decision was taken today in a high-level meeting presided over by Delhi Urban Development and Public Works Department Minister A K Walia. The meeting was attended by senior officials of Delhi Police, Urban Development, PWD, Municipal Corporation of Delhi and New Delhi Municipal Council.

Dr Walia while expressing deep concern over pasting of posters on walls in most localities in the city, said this was defacing roads in a big way, which gave an ugly look.

He also stressed the need of a practical policy, which could regulate dissemination of non-commercial information in suitable manner.

Dr Walia instructed PWD, MCD and NDMC to identify places within three weeks time for construction of notice boards on roads.

The size of notice boards would be 5 x 15 ft. The notice board would be installed two and half ft above the ground level on one side of the road after the pedestrian way. The size and height would be such that it would be convenient for the common man to go through the message.

There would be no restriction on pasting of posters on such public notice boards. However, no commercial advertisement would be allowed to be pasted.

Dr Walia expressed confidence that this would go a long way in making Delhi a world-class city before commencement of the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

This would also help in curbing haphazard pasting of posters and defacement of walls.

Dr Walia has further directed all concerned agencies to strictly enforce the West Bengal Defacement Act in Delhi.

He has also instructed Department of Urban Development to examine necessity of bringing a new bill on defacement in the Assembly to replace the existing West Bengal Defacement Act, which was enacted much earlier and may not suffice to deal with the present scenario of advertising on roads in Delhi.

UNI IP YA GC2029

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