Structural stability certificate must for hoardings

Vijayawada Municipal Corporation Commissioner Swapnil Dinakar Pundkar conducted a crucial meeting with display agencies, Town Planning staff and Planning Secretaries at the new VMC Building’s meeting hall on Monday, to discuss the regulation of hoardings.
Swapnil Pundkar emphasised the importance of ensuring that all hoardings meet quality standards to withstand cyclonic winds. It will be possible only by obtaining a structural stability certificate.
Every hoarding must have a structural stability certificate. Agencies without this certification are required to obtain it within 10 days. No agency is permitted to display any hoarding, regardless of size, in public places or on the rooftops of homes, whether with advertisements or empty frames, without this essential certificate, he said.
Furthermore, Planning Secretaries have been instructed to issue notices to all agencies lacking a structural stability certificate within the stipulated 10 days and to remove all unauthorised hoardings. The Commissioner also warned that violations would result in legal action under the Disfigurement of Public Properties Act.
Chief City Planner GVGSV Prasad, Deputy City Planners Jubin Cheeran Roy and Chandra Bose, ACPs Jagadeesh and Mohan Babu, BOs, and various Planning Secretaries attended the meeting.