MYSORE: The proliferation of illegal advertisement hoardings in Mysore city has come in for criticism and the authorities concerned have been asked to intervene and restore the beauty of the heritage city.

The attention of the Mysore City Corporation Commissioner Chandrashekar has been drawn to the proliferation of hoardings in several areas of the city.

The Association of Concerned and Informed Citizens of Mysore (ACICM) has said that at a time when the Government was trying to beautify the city through "Sundara Mysooru", the corporation was turning a blind eye to this issue.

Association convenor Lakshman said the local body in Bangalore was considering curbing the proliferation of hoardings and there was a lesson to be learnt from this.

Exhorting the authorities to make Mysore a hoarding-free city on lines of Jaipur and Chandigarh, the association said no licences were granted by the corporation authorities as a few agencies had gone to court. This proved that most hoardings in the city were illegal, the association claimed.

Citing corporation records, Mr. Lakshman said only 400 large size hoardings were permitted according to the law, but the city had nearly 2,000 such hoardings.

The corporation had decided to make Mysore a hoarding-free city given its tourist and heritage status. However, the suggestion was dismissed by then Commissioner Ibrahim as impractical since the corporation required the revenue. It was decided to constitute a committee to identify the areas where hoardings could be permitted. The association said the corporation had banned hoardings in K.R. Circle, Chamaraja Circle, J.L.B. Road, Irwin Road, around the palace premises, Sayyaji Rao Road, Gandhi Square, Bangalore-Nilgiri Road and the double road opposite the Court and Zilla Panchayat complex.

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