Sri Lankan Supreme Court to day ordered the Colombo Municipal Council to remove all the unauthorized Billboards displayed in the City Limits with Immediate Effect.Responding to that Order all the Unauthorized Billboards and Posters in the City were removed to day.
There are large number of Political and Commercial Billboards displayed in the Colombo City .Displaying of Political Billboards are increasing due to the forthcoming Western Provincial Council Elections scheduled to be held in April.
Among them are Some Huge ones displayed in the City portraying President Mahinda Rajapaksha and some of the Political Candidates contesting for the forthcoming Elections.
Most of the Billboards are created by members of the Governing United Peoples Freedom Alliance Party(UPFA) and Images of the President also added to some of these..
However President himself recently requested from his Party Members not to use his Images in their Billboards and Posters .Billboards and Posters became a Major threat to the Concept of "keeping the Colombo City Clean" Colombo Municipal Council Sources said.
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