Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal
Corporation (BMC) on Friday said it has set a deadline of 60 days
for shops and commercial establishments to have bigger and
bolder Marathi signboards.
"We are currently following the orders of the Honourable
Bombay High Court which said Marathi signboards are
compulsory," Additional Municipal Commissioner R A Rajeev told
reporters here.
The order came in February 2009 but was not implemented
immediately because we were taking legal opinion and then
there was the code of conduct because of elections," he said.
Employers shall be punished with a minimum fine of Rs
1,000 and maximum fine of Rs 5,000 if they do not follow the
order, Rajeev said.
On Federation of Retail Traders Welfare Association`s
contention that BMC had misinterpreted the court order, he
said "they can go to court if they want. Whatever the court
decides we will follow it."
According to the BMC, there are 2,82,350 shops, 1,91,489
commercial establishments, 1,071 residential hotels, 13,145
restaurants and 655 theatres in the city.
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