KARACHI, June 27: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has said that the city government is ready to remove all hoardings from across its jurisdiction once and for all if a policy of turning Karachi into a hoarding-free city is devised.

“Installation of hoardings in the CDGK limits is allowed after ensuring strict adherence to the rules and regulations pertaining to public safety. However, the city government is ready to do away with the billboards on a permanent basis if other stakeholders are ready to do the same in their jurisdictions,” he told a meeting held in his office on Wednesday.

He said that all organisations should make it mandatory upon advertisers to pay the compensation to the families of those who died after being hit by falling hoardings.

He recalled that a drive to remove billboards had been launched earlier and afterwards the city government had prepared a comprehensive policy in consultation with the City Council, private sector, NGOs and experts on the installation of billboards.

He maintained that the hoardings installed within the city government’s jurisdiction posed no threat to the life or property of people, still the city government was ready to make Karachi a hoarding-free city.