Finding a wall that is not defaced may be a difficult task if one looks at the pace with which political parties and private advertisers are working with brush and paint.
Almost all parties, including the ruling party, are painting on walls, says A. Manoj of Lok Satta party and a civic activist.
The All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi, Kongunadu Jananayaka Katchi, Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam, Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi, Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and most other parties have defaced walls near Power House, Tatabad, North Coimbatore Flyover, Ramalingam Colony, NSR Road, Thadagam Road and other parts of the city. Worse, the parties have also painted over the date till which they had reserved the walls for defacement. And, such defacements stand next to the Coimbatore Corporation warning that said violators would be prosecuted.
Mr. Manoj said that the Corporation had in December 2012 passed a resolution in the Council warning people of strict action if they defaced walls.
It had said that it would initiate action under the Tamil Nadu Prevention of Defacement of Property Act.
An AIADMK Councillor, who wished to remain anonymous, admitted that it was unfair on the part of the ruling party councillors and others to deface walls, when within the Council they were fighting for a clean city.
The responsibility was more on them by virtue of being in a majority in the Council and the ruling party in the State.
A member of a team that goes about cleaning defaced walls in the city said that it pained him to see the cleaning effort go waste. It hurt all the more when the Corporation remained a mute spectator to such defacement.
Officials in the Corporation said that the civic body would act against the violators by initiating action against them and also recovering the cost required for cleaning the walls.
