Hoardings reappear, but citizens unsparing

Two days after the #KillBills Campaign was launched by the Bangalore Political Action Committee (B PAC), the flexes and hoardings have reappeared in Indiranagar, one of the wards where the drive took place.

On spotting the ugly posters again, members of ‘I change Indiranagar,’ a citizens’ group, took up the drive and removed close to 200 flexes in the locality, specially on 12th main,HAL second stage; Double Road and 100 feet road.

According to residents, the flexes have been put up by Agarwal Eye Clinic located on 12th Main and also by politicians. Sneha Nandihal, a member of ‘I change Indiranagar,’ said, “We had cleared all the flexes and bills on April 24, but again they have cropped up, which is disappointing.”

Praveen Sundaram, another volunteer, said that despite the ban on unauthorised hoardings and posters, people continue to flout rules. Sarfaraz Khan, the BBMP joint commissioner for Yelahanka zone - who is also the JC for Solid Waste Management (SWM) - promised that he would book cases against the violators. The other wards where the campaign took place are Sanjaynagar, Radhakrishna Temple, HSR Layout, Malleswaram (Gayathrinagar ward), Sampangiramanagar, Mahalakshmipuram, Domlur and Bellandur.