Madras High Court Orders 5lakh Ex gratia after techie lost life due to Illegal Hoarding

Coming down closely on the Tamil Nadu government over unlawful hoardings, the Madras High Court on Friday puzzled how many more lives have to be misplaced due to such banners, endangering the lives of people. This came after a 23-year-vintage techie was overwhelmed to demise with the aid of a water tanker as an illegal flex board crashed on her in Chennai on Thursday.

The courtroom additionally directed the Tamil Nadu authorities to pay period in-between repayment of Rs 5 lakh to the own family of the deceased lady, diagnosed as Subashree who died in the road coincidence.

"The cash need to be recovered from the officers who did not prevent the illegality," the court docket stated and asked if the authorities will take a firm stand towards such unauthorised banners.

"How many greater litres of blood the state government wishes to paint the roads with," a Division Bench of Justices M Sathyanarayanan and N Seshasayee wondered.

The courtroom asked whether or not at least now Chief Minister K Palaniswami may be inclined to difficulty a assertion towards such unauthorised banners.

"There is zero recognize for lives on this usa," the court docket stated pointing to



"sheer bureaucratic apathy."

"We have misplaced religion in this authorities," the courtroom observed.

The observations were made came while the bench heard a plea by using social activist 'Traffic' Ramaswamy and an pressing bringing up by way of advocates V Lakshminarayanan and V Kannadasan. They introduced to the court docket's word the techie's dying on Thursday following crashing of the unlawful hoarding.

"Just believe the woman could have contributed to the GDP of this state. Couldn't that baby-kisser have performed the circle of relatives marriage with out banners?" the court asked. At least now the political parties should begin a movement in opposition to such illegalities, the court docket said.

The bench then directed the arrival of law enforcement officials and Chennai corporation officials in fee the area in which the coincidence occurred to be present within the court later within the day and adjourned the plea's hearing.

The techie using a -wheeler misplaced stability and fell down after an illegal hoarding placed up with the aid of an AIADMK functionary crashed on her and he or she turned into run over with the aid of a water tanker that got here simply behind her.