THANE: The Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) have issued 253 notices so far to the commercial establishments for not complying on the signboards of shops and other commercial establishments to be displayed in the Marathi (Devnagri) script in bold letters as per Maharashtra government rules.
Abhijit Bangar, TMC commissioner had recently directed all the Assistant Municipal Commissioners to ensure the compliance of the rules, accordingly the TMC has started issuing notices.
An official informed that so far, Uthalsar ward committee led by AMC Mahesh Aher issued a 104 notices to the commercial establishments followed by Diva ward with 74, 28 by Naupada-Kopri ward, 21 by Mumbra ward, Lokmanya nagar-Sawarkar nagar ward issued 11, Majiwada Manpada with 10, while Wagle and Kalwa ward did not issue any notices till Thursday.