After Mumbai, hoarding collapses on vehicle near Pune due to strong winds
The hoarding fell on a stationary tempo truck and a couple of two-wheelers
A day after a hoarding fell in Mumbai, which claimed 16 lives, another billboard installed on the roadside collapsed on a stationary mini truck in the Pimpri Chinchwad area of Maharashtra's Pune district on Thursday due to strong winds, police said.
However, nobody was injured in the incident.
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“A 30 x 30 feet hoarding erected on the road's margin at Jai Ganesh Samrajya Chowk in Moshi area collapsed around 4.30 pm. It fell on a stationary tempo truck and a couple of two-wheelers," an official from the Pimpri Chinchwad police said.
“Fortunately, no injuries were reported as nobody was inside or on the vehicles,” the official added.
He said a crane was pressed into service to remove the crashed iron structure.
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What happened in Mumbai?
Ego Media Private Limited, the advertising agency that installed a 120x120-foot advertising hoarding in Pant Nagar, is under investigation.
During the storm on May 13, the hearing fell onto a busy petrol pump, trapping nearly 100 people underneath. Sixteen people lost their lives in the incident, and 75 others were injured.
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Mumbai's civic body, has said the hoarding was erected without its permission.
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Mumbai civic body issues order on hoardings size
Mumbai civic body on Wednesday issued notices to the Central Railway and the Western Railway administrations to remove oversized hoardings erected on their land.
In the release, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said the notices have been issued under Section 30 (2) (V) of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, for the removal of hoardings above 40 x 40 feet in size.
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First Published:16 May 2024, 07:13 PM IST
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