India, April 17 -- The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) will appoint an external agency to conduct a comprehensive survey of illegal hoardings after the administration failed to provide complete data during a review by the standing committee.

At a meeting held on Wednesday, standing committee chairman Shreenath Bhimale expressed dissatisfaction over the civic body's response, noting that officials could not furnish details of authorised and unauthorised hoardings in the city.

"The administration has not taken the drive seriously and has acted against only 67 illegal hoardings so far. They are unable to provide basic data on authorised and illegal hoardings. In this backdrop, we have directed the administration to appoint a consultant to...