The Calangute panchayat on Wednesday begun its crackdown on illegal advertising hoardings and removed 75 un authorised hoardings which were causing hindrance to the smooth flow of vehicular traffic

The Calangute panchayat on Wednesday begun its crackdown on illegal advertising hoardings and removed 75 un authorised hoardings which were causing hindrance to the smooth flow of vehicular traffic Following the directives of the High court that all un authorised boards, banners and hoardings shall be removed a gram sabha resolution was taken and the panchayat was asked to submit a report.following the HC directive the panchayat was also directed to remove un authorised boards, banners and hoardings the HC had also directed the panchayat to levy fine and advertisement tax from responsible officials and had directed the panchayat to initiate disciplinary against officials who failed to comply with HC directive.The calangute panchayat staff were seen busy removing the hoardings erected from the calangute police station right up to the saint Alex church calangute in strict compliance with the law. As per the high court order it was stated that the hoardings shall not be placed on footpaths, on either side of footpaths, curves, bridges or across roads blocking the vehicular movement and that hoardings shall not cause any trouble for pedestrians and passengers and they shall be placed in spots which do not cause any distraction for motorists, Calangute sarpanch Joseph sequeira said that that panchayat had issued a 15 day common notice to the agency putting up the hoardings to remove the hoardings , failing which the panchayat would start a drive to identify the illegal hoardings and the then would start removing them after the deadline.“there are hundreds of billboards and hoardings erected all over Calangute without permission from the panchayat is also losing lakhs of rupees revenue on these billboards and hoardings ,” Sequeira said adding that some hoardings were spoiling the beauty of calangute