A day after the municipal commissioners announced that parking charges will be hiked in the city, the Mayors and the BJP leaders opposed the decision on Thursday.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has questioned the rationale behind Delhi's three new municipal corporations' Commissioners expressing their views on the increase of parking rates in the Capital without taking into account that such a proposal cannot be implemented without the approval of the Corporations.
“How can the Municipal Commissioners just go out and say that the parking charges are headed north when such a proposal can only be implemented after it has been passed by the elected civic bodies?” asked Delhi BJP president Vijender Gupta on Thursday.
Following its proposal to increase the parking charges in the city to Rs 50 during peak hours and Rs 30 during non-peak hours, the Transport department on Wednesday issued a public notice inviting
People forced to leave their vehicles on the road because of lack of parking space in commercial/residential buildings will soon be able to drive to higher floors and park safely.
The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority has recommended to the State government to permit multi-level parking in all buildings. The decision to relax rules regarding development of parking space was taken following a representation by the Confederation of Real Estate Developers' Associations of India-Tamil Nadu.
The civic bodies of Delhi have asked the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to provide land for parking in case of land-use change or regularisation of unauthorised colonies.
Parking fees should go up, feel new MCD Commissioners
With the Master Plan for Delhi-2021 currently under review, the Delhi Development Authority should provide land to the Municipal Corporations to build parking facilities, said South Delhi Corporation Commissioner Manish Gupta on Wednesday. “We have sent a proposal to the DDA suggesting that it provide land for parking facilities when a colony is converted from a residential to a commercial area,” he said.
The parking charges in the city may see a rise as both the Delhi government and the commissioners of the new municipal bodies are mulling the same.
Delhiites may end up paying a parking fee of `50 for three hours during peak time if the recommendations of a special task force to decongest city’s streets are accepted by the Delhi government. The recommendations of the STF will be taken up for implementation after considering suggestions and objections from public.
In a bid to discourage people from buying more cars in the city, the Special Task Force (STF) formed by the Delhi High Court has asked local bodies to look into levying parking charges for on-stree
