Illegal advertisements and posters have come up on most of the under-construction pillars across the Dahisar-D N Nagar Metro 2A corridor and the Western Highway road stretch of the Dahisar-Andheri East Metro 7. Even before the Metro in the city is up and running, miscreants have begun defacing the structures.

Illegal stickers on the pillars of under-construction metro lines are becoming a major menace for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) officials. Though there is a R1,000 fine for sticking posters on Metro premises, it is evident that this is no deterrent for those who use city infrastructure as their free advertisement wall. While this is reprehensible, we also need to reflect on where these people are getting their 'inspiration' from. How many times have politicians used the city's walls to put up their own or their party pictures?