Unauthorized Posters and Hoardings - Addl Inputs
Swachh Bharat Mission
Addressing unauthorised posters and hoardings
1. There should be a blanket ban on defacing of walls and self-publicity seeking posters and Hoardings
2. Hoardings or posters should be allowed only at specified locations earmarked by the local body
3. A nominal tariff plan should be designed for people/organizations to put up posters at ‘designated paid places’
4. Ground level posters blocking the pathway, obstructing view or ruining the aesthetics of the place should be completely banned
5. The political party which puts the posters in the designated area should also be made responsible to take them off after a stipulated time
6. Political parties should be strictly warned about not putting up wall posters in non-designated areas
7. Heavy fine should be collected from the people putting posters
8. Area municipality should be given the power to challan the proprietor of the poster with the help of the address mentioned on it
9. The municipality should click a picture of the poster and send the challan on the address mentioned on it along with the picture
10. They could also create a flying squad which could move around the city to take pictures of the culprits/posters
11. Political posters could be removed by the municipality and the cost of removal should be billed to the party
12. The RWAs should be empowered to participate in this system
13. Traffic police has appointed contractors for removal of wrongly parked vehicles - similarly contracts can be given for removal of posters and confiscate material
14. One solution can be to repaint the wall by inviting graffiti artists themselves
15. A set of guidelines on that should be made and displayed in public places
16. The centre should immediately send a circular to state governments/district level authorities to keep the walls clean
17. Government could create an employment scheme where each week, a set of hired people clean the walls with police protection
18. Create a tracking system, to analyse the reported issue is genuine and assign the issue to a corresponding department
19. Municipalities in many cities are themselves not aware of the rules – they should be made aware more