Six mall owners face music for defacing Amritsar city

Tribune News Service
Amritsar, April 11

Officials of the Municipal Corporation (MC) have written to six shopping mall owners in the city to provide information on third party advertisements being displayed on their premises.

The MC Advertisement Wing is taking a note of the third party advertisements in which some private firms display advertisements of any other brand or company on their property. Though there was a provision of collecting tax for such advertisements earlier too, the civic body had not been collecting it.

MC Advertisement Wing Incharge Sushant Bhatia claimed that most of the private firms were displaying third party advertisements on their premises. “As per the advertisement policy of the state, they have to pay a tax for these advertisements. No one is allowed to display any advertisement on their personal property and they have to pay tax for the media displayed on their buildings,” he said.

The advertisement wing is also seeking information about the media displayed on the delivery vans and trucks. The department has asked the shopping malls to provide a list of the displayed advertisements and also deposit the tax as per rules. Taking strict action against third party advertisements, the MC has also removed several flex boards, hoardings and banners from various markets in the city.

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