<p class="title">Mayor Gangambike Mallikarjun rubbished the Advertisement Bylaws 2019, prepared by former deputy chief minister G Parameshwara's team.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The mayor on Thursday wrote to chief secretary T M Vijay Bhaskar, seeking a suitable ad policy as per the conditions of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP).</p>.<p class="bodytext">The move comes after the mayor was exhausted by the ruling party leader from her own Congress party.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Abdul Wajid postponed the passing of a resolution rejecting the new draft.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In her letter, Gangambike wrote: “The BBMP prepared an ad policy and sent it to the government for approval. The government in turn sent a different draft to the BBMP. The government notified the draft on July 22, 2019 and gave a 15-day deadline.” </p>.<p class="bodytext">Elaborating on the loopholes, the mayor wrote that the new draft diluted various strictures.</p>.<p class="bodytext">BBMP's draft had made occupation certificates mandatory for hoardings.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“The new draft by the government has no such rules. The fees for advertising has been reduced, which will cause financial loss. Despite the council adopting a resolution to ban advertisement hoardings, the new draft will make way for illegal hoardings. Considering all these factors, I request you to prepare the advertisement draft rules that is suitable for the BBMP,” the letter read.</p>
<p class="title">Mayor Gangambike Mallikarjun rubbished the Advertisement Bylaws 2019, prepared by former deputy chief minister G Parameshwara's team.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The mayor on Thursday wrote to chief secretary T M Vijay Bhaskar, seeking a suitable ad policy as per the conditions of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP).</p>.<p class="bodytext">The move comes after the mayor was exhausted by the ruling party leader from her own Congress party.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Abdul Wajid postponed the passing of a resolution rejecting the new draft.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In her letter, Gangambike wrote: “The BBMP prepared an ad policy and sent it to the government for approval. The government in turn sent a different draft to the BBMP. The government notified the draft on July 22, 2019 and gave a 15-day deadline.” </p>.<p class="bodytext">Elaborating on the loopholes, the mayor wrote that the new draft diluted various strictures.</p>.<p class="bodytext">BBMP's draft had made occupation certificates mandatory for hoardings.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“The new draft by the government has no such rules. The fees for advertising has been reduced, which will cause financial loss. Despite the council adopting a resolution to ban advertisement hoardings, the new draft will make way for illegal hoardings. Considering all these factors, I request you to prepare the advertisement draft rules that is suitable for the BBMP,” the letter read.</p>