Overview

• The cabinet accepted all 21 recommendations of the Justice Dilip Bhosale committee along with the Home Department’s Action Taken Report and ordered time-bound rollout.
• Rules include a maximum hoarding size of 40×40 feet and a prohibition on installations on building terraces or compound walls.
• Enforcement measures call for regular site inspections, verification of permissions, a nodal agency for action, and full powers for municipal authorities to remove unauthorized structures.
• The committee report alleges a criminal conspiracy involving suspended IPS officer Quaiser Khalid, BMC official Sunil Dalvi, Ego Media directors Bhavesh Bhinde and Janhavi Marathe, and businessman Mohammed Arshad Khan, citing illegal approvals, tender violations, size expansions, and cash transfers including Rs 84 lakh and a Rs 45 lakh unsecured loan.
• The probe follows the May 13, 2024 collapse of an oversized hoarding onto a Ghatkopar petrol pump that killed 17 people and injured more than 75, with four accused previously arrested and now on bail and Khalid under suspension.