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19 lakh illegal posters and not a rupee fined
Updated On: 29 October, 2009 07:24 AM IST | | Somita Pal
Blame game between political parties and BMC ensures Rs 30 lakh loss in one year
Blame game between political parties and BMC ensures Rs 30 lakh loss in one year
In 2008 political parties plastered the city with approximately 20 lakh posters and hoardings of candidates birthdays, festival greetings, victories, welcomes, etc.
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Of these, just 1,590 were legal as they had taken permission from the BMC. This means, 19,98,410 posters etc were liable to pay a fine to the BMC between Rs 1,000 and Rs 5,000 each.
However, an RTI application has revealed that not a single political party paid the fine, a loss of Rs 30 lakh approximately, to the BMC exchequer.
This year too, till September 19, of the 52,788 political posters, just 1,349 had BMC permission. Here again, not a rupee was paid to the BMC a loss of Rs 12 lakh. The same was true for 2007.
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