Despite concerted efforts by Tiruchi City Corporation and residents to keep the city clean, rampant poster culture and the practice of defacing public spaces continues to spoil the beautification efforts.
Residents have expressed concern over the defacement of public spaces and walls on either side of the highways and interior roads in the city with advertisements and posters. According to S. Rajesh, a resident of Cantonment, advertisers and political parties continue to deface walls and several residential areas with posters and wall writings.
Public walls are defaced in several prime locations in the city, including Ariyamangalam, Cantonment, Woraiyur, Thennur, and Tiruverumbur areas, say residents. Some of them have expressed concern that with the 2024 Lok Sabha elections round the corner, the poster menace might get worse.
