Fearing serious action after mid-day's eye-opening report on the illegal posters put up on the under-construction Dahisar-D N Nagar Metro pillars near Malad, the owner of an eye care centre advertised in them allegedly got them removed. The pillars have also been cleaned up.

mid-day had reported on the issue on September 9 (Illegal posters deface Malad Metro line pillars). The 150-200m stretch in Malad was replete with illegal advertisements and banners. On Tuesday, when mid-day visited the stretch, this reporter found that the posters had been removed and the piers were cleaned.