Vehicle owners in the Capital might soon have to shell out more depending on where they park their vehicles. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has finalised a revised parking policy that proposes to link parking rates to house or property tax of the area. The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) already fixes parking rates based on their location, congestion and other factors.
While the MCD policy is yet to be presented before the deliberative wing of the Corporation for approval, the same aims at "reducing the current parking menace in the Capital and simultaneously, encouraging the use of public transport". The MCD, in consultation with the Delhi Traffic Police, has already made a consolidated list of nearly 120 parking sites that required immediate attention.
The revised policy also includes the earlier proposal of bringing in exservicemen to manage parking spots. The civic body has now written to Director General (Resettlement), R K Puram, seeking a list of former Armymen interested in running the said parking lots.
The plan attempts to rectify the current parking policy by doing away with the `one time charge' for commercial vehicles. It proposes higher parking charges for private and commercial vehicles. "While the aim is not to discourage the use of private vehicles in the Capital, the new draft plan once finalised and implemented, will certainly regulate the parking scene. The aim is to use parking to regulate vehicular movement in the city," said Sunita Narain, member, Environment Pollution Control Authority.
"Delhi has a very high number of vehicles on its roads and the current parking policy fails to take into account all vehicles. While we stress mainly on private cars and twowheelers, there is hardly any provision for buses, lorries, three wheelers and other motorised vehicles.
The new plan takes into account all such needs," an official said. The new plan further attempts to revive the proposal to provide strip parking on 3,000-odd commercial and mixed land use streets.
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With thanks : source : Indian Express
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