Carter Road residents protest 35 LED hoardings; allege dumping on shoreline

Hoarding material allegedly dumped along the rocky shoreline beside Carter Road promenade after work on the project was halted. Pics/By Special Arrangement

Work on 35 LED advertisement hoardings at Carter Road Promenade has been halted after resident protests, but locals now allege that hoarding material has been dumped along the rocky shoreline beside the promenade. "The contractor has dumped the hoardings on the rocks and left," said a resident who joined the protest.

Residents gather at Carter Road promenade to protest the proposed LED hoardings and demand the project be scrapped

What triggered the row

>> Plan to install 35 LED hoardings on the Carter Road promenade
>> Work paused after local opposition
>> Residents say unused hoarding material now lies on seafront rocks

Protest on the promenade

>> 40+ residents gathered Saturday evening
>> Demand: Withdraw hoarding permission
>> Online petition launched
>> 1400 signatures collected so far

What Bandra residents want

1. Withdraw permission for the waterfront hoardings
2. No commercial construction on promenade
3. Preserve it as a public open space
4. Remove dumped construction material

Resident Speak

"There was a lot of anger and disappointment among residents," said Renuka Tahiliani, the founder member of the promenade. "We want to know who benefits from this advertising revenue, because it is not the community that uses this space."

1400
No of signatures collected so far for the online petition