Kerala HC raps Bharat Jodo Yatra organisers for its flex boards, banners along national highways

The Kerala High Court has strongly criticised the Congressled Bharat Jodo Yatra for the flex boards and banners erected along the side of the roads and said the government departments including police have chosen to turn a blind eye towards itJustice Devan Ramachandran in an order issued on Thursday evening said it was a tragedy that the orders of the court and the competent authorities are given absolutely no respect by persons and entities who are in charge of the future of this nationThe court made the observations during an urgent hearing requested by amicus curiae Harish Vasudevan who filed a report along with photographs to show that a particular political party while conducting procession across Kerala has erected a large number of boards banners flags and other such material illegallyIllegal installations have been made by a particular political party on every side of National Highway from Trivandrum to Thrissur and even beyond and that even though the police authorities and other statutory authorities are fully aware of this they have chosen to turn a blind eye to it the court noted its order without naming Congress party or the Bharat Jodo YatraAlso Read Bharat Jodo Yatra enters 14th day Rahul Gandhi begins day with floral tributes to Sree Narayana GuruThe court directed the Local Self Government Departments principal secretary and state police chief to respond by Friday afternoon on how the illegal installations have been put up and why they have not been removedWhen the above official respondents respond they shall also advert specifically to the earlier directions of this Court that every board which has been put up by an advertising agencyprinter without its name or address embedded on it is illegal and that necessary action against them should also be taken the court saidThe court wondered why it was necessary for it to keep on reminding the officers that apart from the specific orders of this Court the state government has issued circulars as also the road safety authority having issued specific notifications prohibiting such actionsThese illegal installations cause great danger to motorists since their attention would be distracted while moving through the highway and there is also the real danger of some of these installations coming loose and creating havoc particularly with respect to two wheelers as we have seen in other parts of the country earlier the court saidJustice Ramachandran said there is also a problem of such installations being disposed of and the waste generated by it becoming incapable of being handled by the Local Self Government institutions or by any other competent authorityThis Court certainly wonders why the official authorities are not aware of such issues particularly when our state can no longer take the climate or weather for granted In fact Harish Vasudevan has also added that in many places where such illegal installations have been put up with impunity there are heavy rains and the danger of this contributing to violent accidents can certainly be not kept aside the court saidIt said the thoughtless actions of a few and the indifference shown to it by the official authorities cannot however deter this Court from its resolve of making Kerala a safer placeThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever