The civic body and the railways are locked in a bizarre duel over hoardings. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) wants the railways Central Railway (CR) and Western Railway (WR) to pull down hoardings put up on railway land, claiming they are unlawful. The BMC has asserted that the banners are under their purview since they face the city.

“The BMC wants us to remove hoardings which have been put up on our land, on the grounds that we have not taken permission to put them up. They claim these hoardings are causing loss of revenue,” said a Western Railway official. On the Western Railway, the BMC has taken offence at banners put up near railway stations like Charni Road, Dadar, and Matunga Road.