More than 400 hoardings in city unsafe

After the incident of the collapse in of hoarding Ghatkopar in Mumbai in which 15 persons were killed, an alarming concern have been raised by the residents of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar about the safety of the people and the public property due to the unsafe hoardings in the city.

After the incident, the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Municipal Corporation (CSMC) Property Department rose from a deep slumber and started the structural audit of the hoardings in the city.

CSMC adopted the hoarding policy in 2005. However, no structural audit was conducted of the hoarding in the city once. The hoarding agencies submit the structural stability certificate after two years and the CSMC is satisfied with it and no further action has been adopted in this procedure.