Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru
Bengaluru, Aug 11: Mayor R Sampath Raj is all set to make Bengaluru a poster free city. Along with BBMP, ruling party leader M Shivaraju and other corporators, he initiated a poster removal drive across the city on Saturday, August 11.
While he removed the posters near Cauvery Guest House on Palace Road, he said simultaneously 198 corporators across the city are taking part in the drive and are being helped by BBMP pourakarmikas.
The drive aims to improve the city aesthetics, making it free of wall posters and hand-written messages. The drive will also continue on Sunday.
The Mayor has given a call for Bengalureans to take part in the drive.
The poster removal is a self-driven initiative taken up by the Mayor. It is interesting to note that on August 1, BBMP was on their toes after Karnataka High Court ordered the civic body to remove illegal banners/flex boards across the city and set the deadline on the same day before 2.30 pm. BBMP sprang into action pulling down over 5000 banners and submitted a petition to the court to extend the deadline till August 2.
After the hoardings are gone, it seems the Mayor wants to ensure the city gets back its aesthetic charm and hence initiated the poster clean-up drive.