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NMMC earns a fantastic sum from election banners

By Dinesh Kamath

NAVI MUMBAI: Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation had a great time during the last few days of election campaigning. NMMC authorities did receive various phone calls about the illegal hoardings put up by certain politicians in the city. But the best thing was the legal hoardings or those banners put up after acquiring permission from NMMC fetched the Corporation a fantastic revenue. NMMC earned close to ten lakh rupees just from these legal hoardings or banners.

So the last few days were great moments for NMMC which was busy collecting the fees from those politicians whom they had granted permission to put up their hoardings or banners. The NMMC authorities, this time, also promptly took action against those who put up illegal hoardings just to ensure that maximum politicians approached them, took their permissions, put up their hoardings and promptly paid the fees that they were charged for displaying the banners. This tactics adopted by NMMC authorities did pay dividends and the corporation managed to amass a fantastic revenue out of the hoardings they allowed to display.   

The politicians from all areas, whether they belonged to Belapur or Airoli constituencies, chose to approach NMMC for permission to put up their election hoardings. Not only that they promptly paid the fees they were charged. The revenue flowed into the coffers of NMMC from Belapur, Airoli, Turbhe, Digha and other places and the final result was something that brought smiles on the faces of NMMC authorities. Thus from monetary angle, NMMC had a gala time during the 2014 Assembly elections held in Navi Mumbai.