The Mumbai civic authorities, including the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), have directed the Central Railway (CR) and Western Railway (WR) to remove all hoardings exceeding 40 by 40 feet in size. This directive stems from a Supreme Court order following a hoarding collapse in...
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May. The order was issued after the railways initially refused to comply with the BMC's 2008 policy on hoarding size limits, citing their own policies. The meeting, held on July 22, included representatives from various agencies like the BMC, CR, WR, MMRDA, and MHADA. The railways have acknowledged the directive and have begun notifying their advertisers, with the WR already instructing five advertisers to comply. The Supreme Court also ordered the BMC to hold a meeting within two weeks, which led to the DDMA meeting on July 22.