The Supreme Court on Thursday accepted the environment pollution authority’s new outdoor advertisemenmt policy aimed at curbing illegal hoardings and giving Delhi an aesthetic look while ensuring safety of road commuters.
A bench of Justices MB lokur and Deepak Gupta directed expeditious implementation of the new policy framed by the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) which has put a ban on advertisements which distracted road commuters by promoting “nudity, racism, drugs, cruelty to animals or any kind of violence”.