bhopal for many commuters road signs or directions are literally going over head with private operators focus on promoting advertisement space it effectively makes new signages of little usesince the problem was brought to my notice corrective action would be taken the idea of placing new gantry is to improve navigation signage in bhopal said bhopal municipal corporation bmc additional commissioner pradeep jain for last two months a private operator entrusted with installation and maintenance of 154 gantries is busy with digging work for installation in commercially viable areas firstcivic body allowed for a maximum of 15 feet on the one side of a gantry to attract private investment for the proposal and in long term stands to makes additional revenue gantry near polytechnic square was one of the first to be erected however road directions are hidden on account of illumination of the advertisement there is no light to lit up road signageas per tender document rules an operator is at liberty to display either lit or nonlit advertisements however bmc officials ignored violation of rules which clearly establish advertisement panel shall not dominate the gantry and navigational information panel some officials and experts also criticized the bmc for leasing traffic lights for advertisement and now gantry soon there would be audio video feeds on smart city intelligent poles adding to more chaosmany highdensity traffic areas remain dugged up for weeks including kamla park the road leads to cm house and police point out security riskother issues with location of sites for gantry have been controversial we have not been consulted placing a gantry next to the shrine is a sensitive matter the bmc has already built a bus stop on a curve which is against indian road congress rules there can be no stopping or halting of vehicles on a curve said naseem khan a resident of kamla park locals in the area objected to the idea of a gantry in the middle of the road gantry with navigation signage is welcome however advertisement on both sides may not match public sensibilities it is a matter of respect he said sources said the areas were not marked for gantry installation as per contract the operator guaranteed a minimum of rs 2 crore per year to the bmc reverse of each board works as an advertisement spaceas many as 154 locations will get new signage in the first phase of a citywide project in a public private partnership mode the proposal is on built finance operate maintain and transfer basis the original idea of the project was to improve traffic markings and signages considered essential for ensuring a smooth commute only on major roads in the city construction of gantry came on the heels of new hoarding policy dubbed as madhya pradesh outdoor advertisement media rules 2016 prepared by the department of urban administration and environment development uaedboxgantry designbmc to allow signage construction on ppp basissignage board to be leased for 10year termsignage could along major roads would have