All around we find public property belonging to various government departments defaced and looking ugly with posters which are stuck on them.
The department to which such property belongs are either blissfully unaware of such defacement or they just "couldn't care less".
You can see examples of such "couldn't care less" attitude all around you.
One prime target for such vandalism,( I feel defacing of public property is also a type of vandalism), are various roadside distribution/junction boxes installed by Mahashtrate State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd.
On my route, these distribution/junctions boxes were installed recently. They looked nice in vibrant red and black colour with riveted warning plates of danger sign with skull and bones.
They look nice, (without posters).
They look nice, (without posters).
As happens, these clean flat surfaces were too tempting a target to stick posters.
The other day in the distance, I saw a person defacing public property (sticking a poster on one such newly installed distribution/junction box). Before I could reach him he got on his bike and moved to the next distribution/junction box. Could not reach close enough..
Now, most of the distribution/junction boxes on my route and for that matter all over the city do not look nice rather they have an ugly look with posters sticking all over. Even cooling vents are pasted over without regard to safety.
Vandalism is a crime and taken seriously. I consider sticking posters on public property as a different type of vandalism. Like Vandalism, "Defacing public property" is also considered an offence under Section 425 and Section 434 of IPC.
Most of these Departments have a legal section which is kept busy in prosecuting innocent and not so innocent consumers. Why not make their legal department responsible to prosecute such poster sticking offenders and stop such different type of Vandalism.
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