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| SMC's anti-defacement law confined to advertisements | | No implementation on ground | |
Saqib Ahmad
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Oct 31: The Srinagar Municipal Corporation may have spent thousands of rupees on advertisements calling for invoking of the 'anti-defacement law', there is no implementation of the law on the ground with some people openly drawing graffiti's on roads and public property.
During the last 115 days in Kashmir, many people have been openly drawing grafftis on roads and building on the separatist call. But the government has failed to act against violators.
Burhan Wani, graffiti supporting him, has emerged in many parts on walls, metallic shutters, roads and government buildings.
During these months, some youth have been painting brushes to express their resolution. Seeing graffiti a means of expressing pro-Azaadi sentiment, the separatist camp also in its protest calendars has called the people to paint slogans on roads, walls and other public places. Eventhough, the SMC has issued advertisments where it has warned that it will invoke the already existing anti-defacement law thereby tightening noose against the graffiters, but there is no end with some people even during the day drawing graffitis on the walls on the government offices near the SMC in full public glare.
The Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) has issued notification through electronic media calling people to restrain from 'defacing' the government property.
"I don't know for what the SMC spent so much money on advertisements for invoking anti-defacement law. No action has been taken against any one despite some people defacing public property openly," a senior government official said. "Even some separatists have defaced some public property by drawing graffitis," he said.
Anti-defacement law literally known as The Jammu and Kashmir Prevention of defacement of Property Act, 1985 calls for strict punishment against the person found defacing the government property.
As per this law, whosoever defaces any property in public view by writing or marking with ink, chalk, paint or any other material shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months.
An official said anybody caught defacing the government property should be dealt strictly by the corporation.
"The act is always there. Nowadays we see many notifications, writings on the government property which is completely in violation to the rule. Without permission, if anybody is found indulging in such activities should be booked under law but the SMC is reluctant to act," he said.
The law defines the defacement as impairing or interfering with the appearance or beauty, damaging, disfiguring, spoiling or injuring in any other way or whatsoever. |
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