BMC's drive against illegal mobile towers continues

The Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) continuing its drive against illegal mobile towers disconnected three mobile towers and seized cables while stopping construction of a tower of the Videocon company.The BMC drive against the illegal mobile towers started on behest of Mayor Alok Sharma continued on Saturday and the Corporation stopped working of illegal mobile towers in Awadhpuri, Nirmal Nagar and Khajurikalan area by disconnecting them and seizing the cables of these towers while the Corporation stopped the construction of Videocon company’s illegal tower in Ganpati Enclave located on Kolar Road.

Mayor Sharma has issued instructions to the Corporation administration to take strict action against the illegal mobile towers in the State capital. Acting on Mayor’s instructions, the Building Permission Department and Anti-encroachment squad of the Corporation has jointly launched a drive to remove illegal mobile towers from the city. Under the drive, the Corporation cut the connection of the Airtel company tower erected at the house of Sunil Gupta in Newfort Entension at Awadhpuri and seized the cables while in Nirmal Nagar at Khajurikalan. The Corporation disconnected the illegal Airtel company tower erected at the house of Chandar Khuman and in the similar action at Nirmal Nagar. The Corporation disconnected the illegal tower of Ascent mobile company erected at the open land of Hari Singh.

The Corporation staff also stopped the construction of illegal tower of Videocon company at the house of Sunil Yadav in Ganpati Enclave of the Kolar Road.  

The Corporation has also appealed the people not to construct the mobile towers at their houses without its permission. It has also asked the mobile companies to inform the Corporation about the location where they erect their mobile towers. The drive to remove illegal mobile towers would continue till all the illegal towers are not removed.