Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has advertised its intentions to finally act against hoarding contractors in the city, who have been taking the civic body for a ride. An internal audit conducted by the corporation on the status of revenue generated through hoardings in the city limits revealed that payment of about Rs 107 crore is pending from the hoarding contractors. The civic body has now decided to blacklist all these contractors and ban them for three years, as well as act against its own officials responsible for this lapse.

Free publicity: Incidentally, after receiving orders from Bombay High Court, PMC had carried out a drive against illegal hoardings in March. Representation Pic