Observing that the city is “left to its fate” with unregulated and uncontrolled illegal hoardings, banners and flexes due to callous and negligent conduct of the officials of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, the High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday said that the BBMP and the State government will have to deposit ₹50,000 each in the court for every instance of unauthorised hoarding put up in the city in future.
“Does the State government and the BBMP want to show that the whole city is full of hoardings, banners and flexes, starting from airport under Brand Bengaluru? What picture are you painting for the city...” the court orally observed.
