CHENNAI: A day after the Tamil Nadu election commission announced the dates for the urban local body polls, the Greater Chennai Corporation on Thursday began removing political posters, paintings and murals defacing the public walls.
Corporation commissioner Gagandeep Singh Bedi had instructed all the zonal officials to remove such the posters. The civic body expects to complete the drive by Friday.
Residents can call 1913 to report any posters in public places.
The civic body on Thursday also launched flying squad vehicles for surveillance in all the 200 wards.
Bedi asked officials to look for vehicles carrying huge amounts of cash or expensive items without appropriate documents or bills. “We have deployed three vehicles per zone that will be on rounds 24/7,” he said. Each team will have one assistant engineer, two police personnel and one videographer.
“If a person carries more than ₹50,000 in cash or products worth more than ₹10,000 without appropriate bills, then the flying squad must stop and check them,” the commissioner said.
Later in the day, the civic body released a list of 37 assistant election officers who would oversee the polls in the 200 wards.
