Shops, hotels in Mumbai must install Marathi signboards or face 'Sena-style' action: Deputy Mayor Sanjay Ghadi

Mumbai Deputy Mayor Sanjay Ghadi has asked shops and other establishments, including five-star hotels and celebrity-owned outlets to display the signboards within a month.

Mumbai Deputy Mayor Sanjay Ghadi has asked shops and hotels to install Marathi signboards or else hey will face "Sena-style" action.

He has asked shops and other establishments, including five-star hotels and celebrity-owned outlets to display the signboards within a month.

Ghadi insisted Marathi signboards in Devanagari script were mandatory as per Supreme Court directives.

He added if the establishments fail to install Marathi signboards within a month, workers of his outfit would respond "in Shiv Sena-style" as per directions of party president Minister Eknath Shinde, who is Maharashtra's deputy chief minister.

He said that 5,020 shops and establishments have still not compiled with he rule mandating display of Marathi signboards.

The civic body has so far taken penal action against 3,114 establishments and recovered fines amounting to Rs 1.91 crore, he said.

"Whether it is a five-star hotel or any other establishment, Marathi signboards are compulsory," Ghadi said, adding inspections must be carried out to check compliance.

He warned that officials ignoring enforcement action would also face action.

(With agency inputs)