In the second day of its anti-encroachment drive, Raipur Municipal Corporation (RMC) on Friday removed 250 posters and banners that were put without seeking permission from the administration.
The drive will continue for the third day on Saturday and posters and banners pasted illegally alongside major city roads on walls and electric poles will be removed. More than 400 banners were removed on Thursday from area stretching from Kotwali Chowk to Malviya Road, Jai Stambh Chowk, Shashtri Chowk and Telibandha. On Friday, the drive covered areas surrounding Sharda Chowk, Azad Chowk, Amapara Chowk, Tatibandh and Vivekanand Ashram. Thereafter, illegally pasted posters and banners were removed from lakhe Nagar Chowk, Sundar Nagar Chowk and Raipura.
More than 250 posters were removed by the municipal corporation. According to RMC official Abhash Mishra the drive will continue on Saturday and illegal posters and banners will be removed. “If we find that such posters are pasted again, stern action will be taken against the responsible persons,” he said.