Gurgaon: Mayor Madhu Azad on Saturday ordered an inquiry on unauthorised unipole hoardings erected in several areas of the city.
The move comes after a councillor alleged that the business of unauthorised advertisements are flourishing because the MCG officials are not taking any action against them.
The mayor has ordered the joint commissioner-headquarters to submit a report on the matter by April 5.
“There are two aspects here - one is unauthorised unipoles and another is these advertisers not giving charges to the MCG. There are some advertisers, who have been given permission to instal small ads but they are flouting the rules. I had raised the issue and submitted a memorandum to the city mayor and MCG commissioner for them to take action,” said Dharmbir, councillor of ward number 21.
The mayor said: “It is one of the important sources of income for the corporation. The revenue collection from advertisement has been less in the last one year. There will be strict action taken against the illegal unipoles erected in the city and if we find any unauthorised illegal advertisers working, the official concerned will be held responsible and action will be taken as per law,” said Azad.
When asked about the areas where the unauthorised unipoles are put up, the councillor said they are spread across the city. “I am going to conduct a survey at my level. Along with my team, I will go to all these sites and check the unauthorised unipoles so that we don’t have to be dependent on officials to carry out the survey,” added the councillor.