Congress conference: city marred by banners, buntings

MCC says they will be removed within 24 hours

The road leading to the venue of the divisional-level conference of the Congress here today was replete with banners and buntings of party leaders, marring the cityscape and violating norms on the use of banners. The conference was held at a private resort on the outskirts of the city, almost 10 km away. Though the ban on the use of flex and banners is not applicable beyond the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) limits, the Congress workers had erected large flexes and had tied banners along the median of the Mysuru-Hunsur Road within the MCC limits and other places in the city also. Incidentally, the MCC had ordered a ban on the use of banners and flexes in January this year following which there was a crackdown on such practices. The ban was issued as the flexes and banners were not only an eyesore but marred the visual appeal and aesthetics of the city.