Keralam issues guidelines to remove unauthorised flex boards, initiate prosecution against offenders

The State government has issued detailed guidelines for removing unauthorised flex boards, banners, flagpoles and other such materials installed on roadsides and public places, along with imposing fines and initiating prosecution proceedings against the offenders. The guidelines were issued based on the orders of the Kerala High Court.

The High Court has, at regular intervals, issued orders directing the complete removal of unauthorised banners, flex boards, flag decorations and similar materials installed in public places, roadsides, footpaths, handrails, centre medians and traffic islands in the State, and for taking stringent action against the offenders. In the latest order issued on August 8, the court observed that the local self government institutions in Keralam were showing serious negligence in collecting fines in proportion to the number of boards removed, resulting in the loss of revenue amounting to crores of rupees to the government.