Hyderabad: GHMC confiscates over 1000 business & & political flexis

Hyderabad: The Directorate of Enforcement Vigilance and also Disaster Management (EV&DM) wing of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) on Wednesday seized 1,321 business flexis and also 253 political flexis of 66 ad agency. It provided show-cause notifications to them. Teams of the directorate occupied an unique drive in the GHMC restrictions and also seized product located without information of the ad agency.

The directorate is penalizing on unsanctioned flexis, banners, cut-outs, advertisement boards, posters and also wall surface works, within GHMC restrictions, utilizing Central Enforcement Cell (CEC). A mobile application was released in October 2019 and also e-challans provided on numerous offenses.

“The EVDM found there are no proper details in flexis to identify the person who has erected it because of which the CEC is unable to impose a penalty. A large number of complaints are registered with EV&DM about illegal erection of flexis, banners and posters. Hence a notice was issued in 2019 to all the flexi printers in GHMC limits to print details of person ordering flexis along with name, address, contact number and printing agency name,” stated Viswajit Kampati, supervisor, EV&DM. He stated just recently it was observed that flexi printers were not publishing information also after releasing notifications, to determine them the advertisements and also product were seized.

“If any material is found without details, as instructed earlier, are being confiscated and show-cause notices issued to explain why action should not be initiated as per the Act,” the supervisor stated. The drive will certainly remain to place an examine tasks, which create defacement of public and also personal properties.