The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Saturday issued notices to 100 shop owners in city to write their signboards in Odia soon or else they would be charged penalties as per law.
Apartment notices were issued to shop owners in south-east and south-west zones, mike announcements were carried out asking them to change the hoardings/signage which are not written in Odia.
“Our team issued notices to more than 100 commercial establishments and warned them to change the boards to prominent Odia letters. If they do not change the boards the penalties would be imposed on them,” said Joint Commissioner (South-East Zone) Dr Bimalendu Ray.
Similarly, South West Zonal Deputy Commissioner Lalatendu Sahoo said that a squad has removed two huge hoardings at CRP Square and notices would be issued to violators from Sunday.
Meanwhile, a meeting held under the chairmanship of Development Commissioner R Balakrishnan decided that the BMC would coordinate the activity among commercial establishments and shops to use Odia language on their signboards as per the provisions under the Odisha Shops and Commercial Establishments (Amendment) Act, 2018.