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- Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has issued notices to 294 establishments for not displaying Marathi signboards.
- The notices were issued between Aug 20 and Sept 9 after officials inspected 9,798 establishments across 10 wards of Mumbai.
- The second phase of the drive focused on major roads such as S V Road, L B S Marg, Link Road and the Eastern and Western Express Highways.
- One establishment, Badshah Cold Drink Depot, was fined Rs 9,000 and has since put up a board with English and Devanagari scripts in equal font sizes.
- The action follows corporators raising the lax implementation of the Supreme Court order on Marathi signboards at a BMC committee meeting in May.
What to watch next
- Whether further phases of the inspection drive extend to more wards and other commercial areas.
- Whether fines are imposed and collected from the 294 establishments that received notices.
- Whether well-known establishments such as star hotels and MNC outlets are penalised, as committee members demanded.
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Diksha Karkar
chairperson of law, revenue and general purposes committee
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“In the second phase of the drive, the focus has been on major roads, including S V Road, L B S Marg and Link Road, besides the Eastern and Western Express Highways,”
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…signboards as per the Supreme Court order, officials of BMC’s shops and establishments department inspected a total of 9,798 establishments across 10 wards and issued notices to 294 of them between Aug 20 and Sept 9. “ In the second phase of the drive, the focus has been on major roads, including S V Road, L B S Marg and Link Road, besides the Eastern and Western Express Highways, ” said Diksha Karkar, chairperson of law, revenue and general purposes committee. Karkar added that after BMC issued a notice to Badshah Cold Drink Depot and imposed a fine of Rs 9,000, the establishment put up a new…
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