Additional District Magistrate Srinagar Kuldeep Krishan Sidhahas issued an order imposing strict restrictions on putting up any sort ofadvertisements or signboards on utility poles and street lampposts in theSrinagar city.
The order states that such boards and signs cause adverseeffects to the beauty and aesthetics of the city and also cause hinderancesduring restoration efforts requiring climbing of these poles.
It directs for removing all advertisements and signboards aswell as banners and posters from all utility poles and lampposts on all streetsand roads across the city.
The order warns against any future instances of putting upany kind of signs on poles and lampposts anywhere in the city stressing thatbusiness operators or anyone found involved therein would be dealt withstrictly under the law.
Senior Superintendent of Police Srinagar has been instructedto ensure strict implementation of the order.