The Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) has removed 3,778 unauthorised posters, banners and hoardings across the city since the Model Code of Conduct came into force for the upcoming Maharashtra local body elections, officials said on Thursday.
The drive was carried out by the encroachment department between 4 pm on December 15, 2025, and December 18, 2025, they said.
Polling for the Thane Municipal Corporation elections is scheduled for January 15, 2026. With the Model Code of Conduct now in place, civic officials have begun strict action to ensure its proper implementation, an official statement said.
The drive was conducted on the instructions of Umesh Birari, Deputy Commissioner (Elections), and under the guidance of Assistant Commissioner Sopan Bhaik.
Action across all ward committees
Designated officers and assistant commissioners from all nine ward committees in the Thane Municipal Corporation area participated in the operation.
Apart from removing illegal advertisements, the civic body also covered foundation stones of development projects that displayed the names of public representatives, as required under election rules.
Special drive across Thane
During the operation, unauthorised materials were removed across the city, the officials said, adding that the action was takes across Thane and following numbers of posters, cut-outs, hoardings, etc were removed.
– 630 wall posters
– 897 posters
– 83 cut-outs
– 1,266 banners
– 602 flags
This brought the total number of illegal advertisements removed to 3,778.
Ward-wise details
The ward-wise action taken between December 15 and December 18 is as follows-
– Naupada-Kopri: 754
– Wagle Estate: 512
– Lokmanya Savarkar Nagar: 508
– Vartak Nagar: 483
– Majiwada-Manpada: 327
– Uthalsar: 707
– Kalwa: 76
– Mumbra: 179
– Diva: 232
The civic administration said such enforcement drives will continue to maintain fair and transparent elections in the city.
BMC removes 1323 political banners and 293 flags removed
Meanwhile, ahead of the BMC Elections 2026 scheduled in January, the Mumbai civic body has launched a crackdown on political banners, posters, hoardings and flags in the city as the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) came into effect on Monday.
The BMC officials on Tuesday said that as many as 1323 political banners and 293 flags were removed from government, public and private properties since Monday. A total number of 2,103 unauthorised political advertisement displays across Mumbai were removed.
The operation was carried out on the instructions of Municipal Commissioner and Election Officer Bhushan Gagrani, under the leadership of Additional Municipal Commissioner (City) Dr Ashwini Joshi, and with guidance from Deputy Municipal Commissioner (Special) Chanda Jadhav, officials said.
Following the instructions, a special drive was carried out over the last 24 hours and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has taken action against hundreds of illegal banners and hoardings in the city.
