Surat: After the cessation of octroi revenue in Surat Municipal Corporation, the municipality is generating other sources of revenue. After property tax and various taxes, the municipality can also earn a good amount from advertisements.
The Municipal Corporation is trying to increase income from advertising but it is not getting the expected success. Due to the negligence of the municipality, illegal advertisements are being seen at the bus stands of the city. Advertisement agencies are not found at the city bus stand of the municipality, while on the other hand, people are making the bus stand dirty by pasting their commercial advertisements, due to which the bus stand of the municipality is looking dirty.
Surat Municipal Corporation has constructed a city bus stand for the convenience of the people in public transport service. But at many places, after the construction of the bus stand, proper maintenance is not done by the municipality. Since the municipal corporation system does not pay enough attention to the bus stand of the city, some people have started promoting the municipal bus stand. Has become a means of dissemination. Illegally posting advertisements.
In some areas, municipalities have been given the right to advertise for municipal bus stands, but there are many bus stands where no agency gets the right to advertise. After such a situation, the municipal corporation system has also started paying less attention to the bus stand. Due to this, some businessmen have made the bus stand dirty by pasting advertisements on the municipal bus stand and tarnished the cleanliness of Surat.
Apart from business units, municipal property is misused the most in educational institutions. On the other hand, religious organizations are also misusing the municipal property and putting up banners and posters of religious programs there. Surat Municipality has not yet found an agency for advertising on the bus stand, on the other hand, some people are reducing the beauty of the bus stand by putting big stickers or play cards of their organization on the bus stand of the municipality.
The municipality is constructing dividers at a cost of lakhs of rupees, but at present illegal advertisements are being seen.
The street light poles of the municipality are the most sensitive. Although pasting any kind of advertisement is prohibited here, small and big advertisements are being seen on many light poles of the city. Such hoardings, which are a blow to the municipality’s revenue and installed illegally, also cause problems for traffic. Despite such a situation, the Municipal Corporation has not yet taken any action against such people. Due to which illegal advertisements are seen on Municipal Corporation property and this is also reducing the beauty of the city.
If wrong advertisements are being placed on the bus stand of the municipality and the right of advertisement of various schemes of the municipality is allotted where people get information or commercial advertisements are given, then along with the revenue, the beauty of the bus stand will also be affected. May increase. Municipality.
