<p>Continuing his drive against flexes and banners, Mayor R Sampath Raj on Sunday held a special awareness campaign at Halasuru with other corporators.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The mayor started the drive across the city on Saturday, days after the High Court of Karnataka pulled up the BBMP over illegal flexes and banners.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Speaking to the media, Raj said: "I have directed all the officials to remove the illegal flexes and banners, including film posters on walls, and also to conduct awareness programmes against the plastic menace."</p>.<p class="bodytext">The BBMP special council has also decided to ban all flexes, banners, buntings, illegal advertisement boards, wall posters and other plastic materials in the city for a year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On Friday, the high court again gave the civic body the deadline of August 14 to make the city free of flexes and banners.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the wake of the Independence Day celebrations, Raj requested vendors not to sell plastic flags.</p>.<p class="bodytext"><strong><span class="bold">Kannada must </span></strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">The mayor also directed Palike officials to take action against commercial establishments that are not using Kannada on their name boards. The civic body said 60% of space on name boards should be reserved for Kannada and 40% for English.</p>.<table border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <p class="rtecenter" id="thickbox_headline"><strong>25 arrested for putting<br /> up flexes, banners</strong></p> <div> <p class="rtecenter"><span class="bold"> </span>The Whitefield division police have arrested 25 people for putting up illegal flexes and banners across the city.</p> <p class="rtecenter">Following a direction from the High Court of Karnataka, BBMP officials along with the police are conducting a special drive to rid the city of all illegal flexes and banners.</p> <p class="rtecenter">On Saturday, the police arrested 25 people for erecting flexes and banners in Adugodi and Marathahalli police limits, and booked cases against them.</p> <p class="rtecenter">Abdul Ahad, DCP, Whitefield, told DH: "We have arrested 25 people and registered cases under the Karnataka Open Places (Prevention of Disfigurement) Act, 1981." </p> </div> <p class="rtecenter"> </p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table>
<p>Continuing his drive against flexes and banners, Mayor R Sampath Raj on Sunday held a special awareness campaign at Halasuru with other corporators.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The mayor started the drive across the city on Saturday, days after the High Court of Karnataka pulled up the BBMP over illegal flexes and banners.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Speaking to the media, Raj said: "I have directed all the officials to remove the illegal flexes and banners, including film posters on walls, and also to conduct awareness programmes against the plastic menace."</p>.<p class="bodytext">The BBMP special council has also decided to ban all flexes, banners, buntings, illegal advertisement boards, wall posters and other plastic materials in the city for a year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On Friday, the high court again gave the civic body the deadline of August 14 to make the city free of flexes and banners.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the wake of the Independence Day celebrations, Raj requested vendors not to sell plastic flags.</p>.<p class="bodytext"><strong><span class="bold">Kannada must </span></strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">The mayor also directed Palike officials to take action against commercial establishments that are not using Kannada on their name boards. The civic body said 60% of space on name boards should be reserved for Kannada and 40% for English.</p>.<table border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <p class="rtecenter" id="thickbox_headline"><strong>25 arrested for putting<br /> up flexes, banners</strong></p> <div> <p class="rtecenter"><span class="bold"> </span>The Whitefield division police have arrested 25 people for putting up illegal flexes and banners across the city.</p> <p class="rtecenter">Following a direction from the High Court of Karnataka, BBMP officials along with the police are conducting a special drive to rid the city of all illegal flexes and banners.</p> <p class="rtecenter">On Saturday, the police arrested 25 people for erecting flexes and banners in Adugodi and Marathahalli police limits, and booked cases against them.</p> <p class="rtecenter">Abdul Ahad, DCP, Whitefield, told DH: "We have arrested 25 people and registered cases under the Karnataka Open Places (Prevention of Disfigurement) Act, 1981." </p> </div> <p class="rtecenter"> </p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table>