No parking on arterial roads, but only at designated spots

Soon, parking vehicles on the arterial roads of the City’s central business district (CBD) may be a costly affair. By restricting the parking to designated locations and fixing fees for the same, the government proposes to decongest the major thoroughfares, thereby eliminating traffic bottlenecks. The Directorate of Urban Land Transport (DULT) is preparing a parking action plan for the CBD in association with BBMP. To begin with, parking will be banned on the arterial roads of the City.

New Delhi: After missing several deadlines, the New Delhi Municipal Council’s multilevel parking lot at Baba Kharak Singh (BKS) Marg was opened to public on Tuesday evening. During the trial run, DLF— the private concessionaire responsible for the construction and operation of the parking lot — has decided to provide parking free of cost. The parking was made operational after NDMC gave the completion certificate on Monday.

Six automated parking facilities based on public-private partnerships planned in various parts of South Delhi are yet to see the light of day. Work has not started on the facilities in Greater Kailash-1, Lajpat Nagar, Defence Colony, South Extension – I and II, Kamla Nagar and Rani Bagh despite tenders for some of these facilities being called as early as 2007.

Angry Over South Commissioner’s Remark; Say No Progress On Parking In Markets. A day after South Delhi Municipal Corporation’s commissioner Manish Gupta said the civic agency was not bound to provide parking facilities in all the markets despite collecting parking and conversion charges, city traders said they felt cheated. They also demanded that the charges collected from them be returned.

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. During a courtesy call to Lieutenant Governor Tejinder Khanna, the three Mayors — Meera Aggarwal of North, Savita Gupta of South and Annapurna Mishra of East — along with Leaders of the House and chairmen of Standing Committees objected to the proposal to increase parking charges.

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 suggestions and objections. The increased parking rates will be applicable for three-hour parking time. The department, however, is still to specify the what are the peak and non-peak hours.

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. The DDA’s review of the Master Plan 2021 is going on, with several open houses being held to hear residents’ suggestions. South Corporation Commissioner Manish Gupta said, “There is a major parking problem in the city and if the government regularises unauthorised colonies or changes land-use from residential to commercial, the need for parking space arises.

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.