Overview

• The cabinet accepted the Justice Dilip Bhosale committee report and the Home Department's action taken plan, instructing departments to begin implementation within a month.
• A new statewide hoarding policy will supersede existing rules with a 40x40 ft size cap, bans on terrace and compound-wall installations, mandatory pre-installation compliance, regular inspections, and a nodal enforcement agency.
• Municipal bodies are being directed to survey hoarding sites, remove illegal structures, and exercise full authority to enforce compliance, with departmental inquiries for officials who enabled violations.
• The probe outlines mischaracterised land, unauthorized size expansions and tenure extensions, and approval of a fourth hoarding without tender, allegedly linked to suspended IPS officer Quaiser Khalid and others.
• Findings cite alleged financial irregularities including Rs 84 lakh in cash traced to Ego Media and an unsecured Rs 45 lakh loan, with four named accused earlier arrested and on bail and Khalid remaining under suspension.