Hoardings take up highways, put motorists at risk

Coimbatore | Thursday | 18th October, 2018

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The assistant engineer of the highways department in charge of the GST Road stretch was not available for comment. CHENNAI: The menace of hoardings is back in the city and this time, on the highways. We wrote to the national highways department seeking details of action taken by them on the violation. Yet they do not take action," he said.The central government had sent a notice to the highways department, a few months ago, threatening to withdraw all the grants and funds if action against illegal hoardings was not initiated. "Hoardings on illegal bus shelters were on the rise..