However, a private contractor denied the allegations and claimed they have not done anything wrong.
The Karnataka High Court’s scrutiny has ensured that Bengaluru is free from illegal advertising panels including flex banners by and large – but this is not the case even just outside the city limits. Citizen activists in Sarjapur allege that contractors who have been awarded tenders by the local panchayats are putting up ad panels indiscriminately on the divider of the Sarjapur Road. Other than placing these ad panels, those putting the ad panels have uprooted trees planted by the local residents, activists allege. While activist group Voice of Sarjapur has raised the issue multiple times, and has gotten the PWD to write to local panchayats to take action against the people putting up these banners, activists say that this has not helped. Even if PWD officials remove these installations from dividers, they reappear soon on the Sarjapur road stretch from Carmelaram Station to Sarjapur Circle Road, they allege. Deepanjali Naik, a member of Voice of Sarjapura says, “In the pretext of cleaning the divider, all the plants have been removed which were planted as part of a citizen initiative to make the neighbourhood green.” When contacted, Durgappa, Superintendent Engineer, PWD acknowledged the problem and said that he has asked local level engineers to sort out the issue. Based on the compliant by the activists, police have registered a non-cognizable report against unnamed persons. However, one of the private contractors denied the allegations and claimed they have not done anything wrong. Garry Regan, Managing Partner of DS Ads, said, “We have done everything following the norms. We have the requisite permission from the authorities. We will counter them (the activists) legally.
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