CHANDIGARH: A day after TOI highlighted liquor vends violating both the excise policy and the Chandigarh advertisement control order, 1954, by displaying liquor brands and their rates on LED display screens, municipal corporation commissioner Anindita Mitra has sought a detailed report from the advertisement department on the violations.
The commissioner has also ordered to submit a report on the Chandigarh advertisement control order and illegal hoardings, advertisement boards installed by violators.
Mitra told TOI the MC in the coming days will carry out regular drives to remove all such illegal hoardings, boards and banners, so that heritage city like Chandigarh does not get disfigured or marred. All offenders shall be proceeded against as per relevant provisions of the law, Mitra said.
MC commissioner have already ordered to MC staff to go through the advertisement control order, form teams for removal of illegal hoardings or advertisements, take pictures, check provisions for imposing penalties on offenders and prepare a template notice and start issuing it.
The Chandigarh advertisement control order, 1954, reads, “No person shall without the written permission of the chief administrator erect, exhibit, fix or retain any advertisement whether now existing or not, upon any land, building, wall hoarding or structure.”
NOTICE TO VEND
The UT excise and taxation department on Wednesday issued a notice to a liquor vend in Sector 8 after it was found open during early morning hours. An alert citizen had informed the department.
