Archive · 28 Nov 2025
BMC Implements Stricter Hoarding Policy in Mumbai
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has introduced new rules for putting up billboards and hoardings in Mumbai.
This comes after a big accident where a billboard fell and hurt many people.
The new rules are stricter and include things like not allowing billboards on footpaths or rooftops, making sure they are not too big, and checking them regularly to make sure they are safe.
The BMC also wants more digital display boards because they are safer.
They have also reduced the time people have to take down old billboards from six months to three months.
Additionally, they have set rules for how bright digital billboards can be and have allowed new shapes for billboards, but these need permission from the traffic police.
BMC released new rules for billboards and hoardings in Mumbai.
The policy includes stricter measures and a blacklisting provision for rule violators.
Digital display boards are encouraged due to their structural stability.
Billboards are prohibited on footpaths and rooftops, with a maximum size limit of 40 ft X 40 ft.
Regular structural audits and a reduced grace period of three months for removing expired billboards are mandated.
- Who
- Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)
- What
- New policy for billboards and hoardings
- When
- Released on Thursday, nearly a year after the Ghatkopar incident
- Where
- Mumbai, India
- Why
- To enhance safety and regulate advertisements after a tragic billboard collapse
- Policy Announcement
- BMC released new rules for billboards and hoardings
- Incident Trigger
- Inspired by a tragic billboard collapse in Ghatkopar
- Blacklisting Provision
- Advertisers flouting rules can be blacklisted
- Digital Display Encouragement
- Private parties encouraged to set up digital display boards
- Size Restrictions
- Maximum hoarding size: 40 ft X 40 ft
- Grace Period
- Reduced from six months to three months
- Structural Audits
- Regular audits mandatory for all hoardings
- Luminance Ratio
- LED ads limited to 3:1 luminance ratio
