By: M4G Bureau
Last updated : May 20, 2019 10:13 am
City aesthetics, physical risk in the event of collapse of such media units cited as key reasons for the action
The removal of hoardings atop buildings and terraces is governed by two reasons – to declutter the city, and to obviate any likely physical risk caused by any of those media units collapsing. A Mirror report states that over 30% of the hoardings present in Mumbai city are installed on rooftops. A BMC License Department official is quoted in the media report as saying that some of the buildings that have rooftop hoardings are not properly maintained and probably lacking the load bearing capacity to have heavy hoardings on the rooftops.