Pune city group files application under Right to Information Act questioning Pune Municipal Corporation’s inaction on illegal hoardings.
Fed up by the hoardings and posters that are defacing the city, a group of young people has decided to take on the authorities.
They have filed an application under the Right to Information (RTI) Act questioning the Pune Municipal Corporation’s inaction about illegal hoardings.
They are planning to put up a flex board of dogs and cats on the streets if the PMC does not act quickly.
Entrepreneur Tehseen Poonawalla filed the RTI on July 1. The PMC replied that it will check with the concerned departments and reply in a few days.
“We will wait till August 1. If the corporation does not do anything about the illegal hoardings then we will be putting up a flex with the pictures of cat, dog, donkey, pig and other animals in front of the residence of PMC commissioner and later all over the city in protest,” said Poonawalla.
The group is also planning to file a writ petition on the issue. The group including Shehzad Poonawalla, Bharat Oswal, Talha Irani, Abbas Hafeez, Ritika Singh, Priyanka Sharma and Rohit Valecha have also started an online campaign.
They have launched the website www.zeroposters.com to gather support for the campaign.
“More than 13,000 people have signed up in support of the campaign in eight days after its launch”, said Poonawalla.
One can also join the campaign on Facebook. “How do we plan to make Pune a world- class city with ugly posters hanging all over? We wish to teach a lesson to those putting up illegal hoardings and also to the civic body, which is reluctant to take action against it. They have to answer us,” he added.
The
group feels that the illegal hoardings are not just harming the environment but also spoiling the skyline of the city.
“It’s a violation of law. Delhi has issued strict warning against illegal hoardings. Why can’t Pune do it? The other day a poster of a lecturer from a college was stuck in front of the college on his birthday. What’s going on?” he questioned.
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