Hoarding

The hoarding that collapsed in Mumbai's Ghatkopar area on May 13, killing 17 persons and injuring scores of others, was in use two months before a 'structural stability' certificate was obtained for it, police officials said on Friday.

A 47-year-old structural engineer was arrested on Thursday for allegedly giving a stability certificate for the hoarding that collapsed earlier this month killing 17 persons, an official said.

A Mumbai court on Sunday extended till May 29 the police custody of Bhavesh Bhinde, director of the advertising firm which had installed a hoarding that collapsed in Ghatkopar area here and claimed 17 lives.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday said he has directed the authorities to remove illegal hoardings in Mumbai and other parts of the state, and asked them to register cases against those responsible for such tragedies.

Over 100 notices have been issued against Mumbai businessman Bhavesh Bhinde, whose company installed - illegally, city officials have claimed - the hoarding in Ghatkopar that collapsed last week, killing 16 people.

A day after he snubbed West Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury for questioning Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee's loyalty to the INDIA bloc, several posters and hoardings of Congress president M Kharge were defaced.

A horse was injured and a few vehicles were damaged after a hoarding collapsed in Maharashtra's Pune city on Saturday evening, the police said.

Mumbai billboard collapse: At the heart of the tragic billboard collapse in Mumbai, which claimed 16 lives, was an advertising agency, Ego Media Pvt Ltd, that had installed the fateful structure.

Bhavesh Bhinde, a businessman whose company was responsible for installing the billboard that collapsed in Mumbai's Ghatkopar, was arrested from Rajasthan's Udaipur last night, was brought to Mumbai this morning where he will be presented in a court.

The Greater Chennai Corporation has removed 460 hoardings in a crackdown on unauthorised and illegal hoardings following the tragic fall of a large hoarding in Mumbai that killed 14 people at a petrol station.

The civic authorities have recovered a total of 71 vehicles under the debris of the gigantic hoarding crash here in Chheda Nagar near Ghatkopar which crushed several homes and a petrol pump on May 13, killing 16 people, the BMC Disaster Control said

Bhavesh Bhinde, a businessman whose company was responsible for installing the billboard that collapsed in Mumbai's Ghatkopar, was arrested from Rajasthan's Udaipur today.

Three days after a billboard collapsed in Mumbai, killing 16 people and injuring over 40 others, a hoarding has fallen over in Pimpri-Chinchwad near Pune because of strong winds.

The petrol pump, on which a massive billboard came crashing down on Monday, killing 16 and injuring over 40 others in Mumbai's Ghatkopar, did not have an Occupancy Certificate (OC), sources have said.

Three days after a massive billboard came crashing down on a petrol pump in Mumbai's Ghatkopar during a dust-storm, a fresh video has emerged that captures the moment when the 120 ft x 120 ft hoardings falls on the fuel pump's roof

The hoarding that collapsed in Mumbai's Ghatkopar area on May 13, killing 17 persons and injuring scores of others, was in use two months before a 'structural stability' certificate was obtained for it, police officials said on Friday.

A 47-year-old structural engineer was arrested on Thursday for allegedly giving a stability certificate for the hoarding that collapsed earlier this month killing 17 persons, an official said.

A Mumbai court on Sunday extended till May 29 the police custody of Bhavesh Bhinde, director of the advertising firm which had installed a hoarding that collapsed in Ghatkopar area here and claimed 17 lives.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday said he has directed the authorities to remove illegal hoardings in Mumbai and other parts of the state, and asked them to register cases against those responsible for such tragedies.

Over 100 notices have been issued against Mumbai businessman Bhavesh Bhinde, whose company installed - illegally, city officials have claimed - the hoarding in Ghatkopar that collapsed last week, killing 16 people.

A day after he snubbed West Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury for questioning Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee's loyalty to the INDIA bloc, several posters and hoardings of Congress president M Kharge were defaced.

A horse was injured and a few vehicles were damaged after a hoarding collapsed in Maharashtra's Pune city on Saturday evening, the police said.

Mumbai billboard collapse: At the heart of the tragic billboard collapse in Mumbai, which claimed 16 lives, was an advertising agency, Ego Media Pvt Ltd, that had installed the fateful structure.

Bhavesh Bhinde, a businessman whose company was responsible for installing the billboard that collapsed in Mumbai's Ghatkopar, was arrested from Rajasthan's Udaipur last night, was brought to Mumbai this morning where he will be presented in a court.

The Greater Chennai Corporation has removed 460 hoardings in a crackdown on unauthorised and illegal hoardings following the tragic fall of a large hoarding in Mumbai that killed 14 people at a petrol station.

The civic authorities have recovered a total of 71 vehicles under the debris of the gigantic hoarding crash here in Chheda Nagar near Ghatkopar which crushed several homes and a petrol pump on May 13, killing 16 people, the BMC Disaster Control said

Bhavesh Bhinde, a businessman whose company was responsible for installing the billboard that collapsed in Mumbai's Ghatkopar, was arrested from Rajasthan's Udaipur today.

Three days after a billboard collapsed in Mumbai, killing 16 people and injuring over 40 others, a hoarding has fallen over in Pimpri-Chinchwad near Pune because of strong winds.

The petrol pump, on which a massive billboard came crashing down on Monday, killing 16 and injuring over 40 others in Mumbai's Ghatkopar, did not have an Occupancy Certificate (OC), sources have said.

Three days after a massive billboard came crashing down on a petrol pump in Mumbai's Ghatkopar during a dust-storm, a fresh video has emerged that captures the moment when the 120 ft x 120 ft hoardings falls on the fuel pump's roof