Vasco MLA Krishna Salkar while interacting with social activist Xencor Polgi who had sat on a dharna to demand removal of banners and hoardings at traffic junctions. Captured by : Vikram Nayak
VASCO
Vasco MLA Krishna Salkar on Wednesday directed the Mormugao Municipal Council (MMC) to immediately remove all banners and hoardings from traffic junctions.
Salkar was responding to a protest by social activist Xencor Polgi in Vasco following an accident between two motorcycles at the IOC junction late Tuesday night.
Salkar met the activist and also got the MMC staff to immediately remove a huge hoarding from the junction that had led to the accident on Tuesday night.
"There has been an accident due to a huge hoarding which creates obstructions and MMC engineers should keep watch on such incidents and clear such spots immediately, immaterial if whether they have permission or not because public safety is of paramount importance. We will not allow hoardings on traffic islands at any cost,” said Salkar.
“I have proposed to the MMC to have fixed designated spots where these advertising banners can be displayed and the MMC must not allow banners anywhere else besides these spots.”
“I have also raised the issue of cables lying on roads and also discussed with the collector and the process to remove cables has already begun.
Social activist Xencor Polgi said he had made several attempts to inform the MMC to remove the huge hoarding from the traffic island, but his pleas had fallen on deaf ears till an accident occurred on Tuesday evening.
"We have made several requests and even made videos highlighting this issue. When two people were grievously injured in an accident at this spot, I decided to stage a protest,” said Polgi.
“I hope other municipal councils in the State take a lesson from Vasco and remove all hoardings and advertising banners placed on dangerous traffic locations."
