Ready with the draft of ‘Punjab Municipal Outdoor Advertisement Policy and Bye-laws, 2018’, the Punjab Government has invited suggestions from the public to make it more effective.
The policy is aimed carrying out uniform development in all towns and cities of Punjab, besides making the urban local bodies self-sufficient. “The draft of a comprehensive and uniform 'Punjab Municipal Outdoor Advertisement Policy and Bye-laws 2018' has been readied by the local Government Department with a view to accord a uniform look to all the cities or towns of Punjab as well as making the urban local bodies self-sufficient from economic point of view.
The Department has invited suggestions from the public to make the draft policy more effective,” said the state the local Government Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday.
Sidhu said that any resident of Punjab can send his or her suggestions on e-mail — advpolicypblocalgovt@gmail.com — till January 31, 2018, by viewing the policy draft uploaded on the Department’s website — www.lgpunjab.gov.in.
“The Department would incorporate the feedback or suggestions received till January 31 and finalize the comprehensive and effective advertisement policy which would be implemented from the month of March this year by all means,” said Sidhu.
He said that the main aim of framing the advertisement policy is to increase the income of the urban local bodies and penalise the violators through stringent laws.