To boost public transport, Centre will help cities buy buses About 15,000 new buses are in the pipeline for 63 cities in the country. The Central urban development ministry launched a new scheme on January 12 to assist states and transport units buy buses for public transport under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (jnnurm), which covers the 63 cities. States that have plans

Mumbai: Though the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) plans a four-fold increase in parking charges, frequent users of parking lots need not worry as the civic body will soon introduce a monthly pass scheme for them with special discounts.

With this, the BMC intends to do away with the touts who have been issuingmonthly passes 'unofficially'.

LUCKNOW: Construction of the much hyped multi-level parking lot in Hazratganj has been delayed by yet another year. The parking lot, along with three underground parking lots in the city would now come up not before March 31, 2010.

AHMEDABAD: Free parking could soon become a thing of past. Infact, it could be banned altogether in some parts of the city. For the first time, city's municipal administration has begun talking of a parking as well as an advertising policy. These moves are aimed at making public transport more likable for the denizens.

Left Front boss Biman Bose has promised not to cook up a storm on the Maidan during Sunday

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POOR PLANNING: Rows of vehicles are parked free of cost under the flyover on Usman Road causing congestion and safety hazards.

Chennai: Violation of building regulations, subsidised street parking and poor enforcement of parking rules have turned road margins and footpaths into garages.

Ahmedabad : Eyeing the rolling stock fund under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has put a parking policy on fast track.