The authorities are also in the process of demolishing a huge 100-foot hoarding near Bandra station. “We are adhering to the SC guidelines and are removing the hoardings in the Bandra area,” said the WR official. The Central Railway has identified 18 such oversized hoardings and has begun the process of removing them. “The 18 hoardings are across the city; some of them are in Chunabhatti, Tilaknagar, and Sion. The process of demolishing them has begun,” said the Chief Public Relations Officer of Central Railway.

CR agreed to install hoardings within permissible range. Pic/Ashish Raje

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On May 13, a hoarding collapsed on the BPCL Petrol Pump in Ghatkopar’s Pantnagar area. On May 15, two days after the incident, the BMC had issued notices to Western Railway and Central Railway to conduct structural audits of the hoardings that are above 40 by 40 feet and to demolish them, as this is the permissible limit for hoardings. However, the railway authorities had not removed the hoardings as the matter was pending in the Supreme Court.

After the Supreme Court hearing, the BMC issued a notice to Central Railway for installing hoardings beyond the permissible size in the Tilak Nagar area and instructed them to strictly adhere to the permissible limit. Central Railways agreed to install hoardings within the permissible range. “We will stick to the Supreme Court guidelines and keep the hoardings within the prescribed range,” said a CR official.