Overview

• BMC’s licence department reported removing 5,522 banners, 1,266 hoardings, 508 posters and 493 flags as of 6 pm Saturday.
• The operation ran Friday and Saturday to take down displays past their permitted period and those erected without approval, with enforcement continuing.
• The cleanup followed a Bombay High Court oral warning that civic officials who ignore illegal hoarding complaints could face departmental enquiries.
• Motorists and traffic police cited visibility hazards and minor mishaps on the Western Express Highway due to oversized festive and political displays.
• Activists in Navi Mumbai allege the NMMC allowed hundreds of illegal hoardings during Navratri and removed them only after the festivities ended.