indore indore municipal corporation imc on wednesday pulled down eight illegal hoardings in different parts of the city according to additional commissioner ms chouhan the drive was carried out as per the directions issued by the imc commissioner and the mayor during the last mayorincouncil meeting an imc team led by chauhan removed illegal hoardings alongside mhow naka lig area and near shekhar nagar chouhan added that these hoardings were put up by the contracting companies and a notice would be issued to those responsible for it these hoardings had advertisements of coaching institutes automobile dealers and real estate developers no permission was granted for putting up these hoardings he said the imc team dismantled the iron structure of these hoardings with the help of gascutters and bulldozers the corporation also noted down the details of the advertisers illegal hoardings are a major threat to public safety these structures were poorly maintained and could have come down any time there are several illegal hoardings which would be pulled down in coming days chouhan said on tuesday commissioner manish singh had penalized a major telecom company asking it to pay its dues to the tune of rs 1 crore for putting up their advertisements on hoardings in the city imc has to incur heavy revenue losses due to these illegal hoardings we have decided that this time we will identify all illegal hoardings and remove them while issuing notices to the advertisers the commissioner said in the last mic meeting mayor malini gaud had asked the imc officials to ramp up corporations revenue operations and take strict action against those who have been evading taxes and flouting norms acting on the mayors directions imcs market division on tuesday issued notices to over 60 automobile dealers for nonpayment of parking tax for two years