Billboards: Cluttering urban eyeline, posing life threat
The tragedy in Mumbai starkly exposed the perilous and unregulated nature of these towering structures
In his 2016 book The Great Derangement, author Amitav Ghosh issued a dire warning: “The thousands of billboards that encrust Mumbai” would turn into “deadly projectiles” in the event of a major storm. Such a scenario may have seemed improbable to many. Yet nearly a decade on, disaster struck on May 13 this year, when a colossus 120x120 foot advertising hoarding came crashing down during a Mumbai thunderstorm, claiming 16 lives.




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