‘How Much More Blood Should Be Shed?'

HC slams officials for failing to crack down on illegal banners despite orders

Appalled over the menace of illegal flex boards having claimed many lives and caused injuries to several others over the years, the Madras High Court on Friday asked how many more litres of human blood the bureaucrats expected the roads to be painted with before they pulled up their socks and began taking stringent action against the ubiquitous illegality.

Justices M. Sathyanarayanan and N. Seshasayee came down heavily on the local body as well as police officials for having failed to implement in letter and spirit multiple orders passed by the court directing them to prevent erection of flex boards put up in public places without authorisation from officials concerned, including the traffic police.