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Mumbai Municipal Corporation is about to implement a “
Pay and Park “ policy for vehicles
THE POLICY
Parking charges will differ – and depend upon :
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Day parking vs Night Parking ( 8 pm to 8 am )
(
Night time charges will be 50 % of Day time charges )
·
Location Category
A
= Prime Areas by Footfall
B
= Busy Commercial Areas
C
= Other Areas
·
Vehicle Category
4
wheelers = Buses / Cars ( Day time : Rs 3960 – 1320 pm )
2 Wheelers = Motorcycles ( Day time : Rs 1650 – 550 pm )
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All rates will be different on Sunday and Public Holiday
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·
Only one slot will be available per car owner and housing societies will
have to get in touch with their local ward office to know the particulars
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For each location category, there will be different rates for “ Hourly
Parking “, ranging as follows :
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Cat A = Rs 60 / Cat B = Rs 40 / Cat C = Rs 20 ( for 4 wheelers )
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Cat A = Rs 15 / Cat B = Rs 5 / Cat C = Rs 5 ( for 2 wheelers )
Charges
will change “ Parking Duration “ wise ( 1-3 hr / 3-6 hr / 6-12 hr / 12-24 hr )
·
Parking will be FREE for certain designated areas
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·
WILL
APPLY TO
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There are some 30 lakh vehicles in Mumbai , comprising 17 lakh 2
wheelers and 9 lakh , 4 wheelers ( no idea about vehicles in transit or being
scrapped ! )
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Some 500 new vehicles are getting registered DAILY
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More than half of these are being parked on public roads ( day and night
)
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Mumbai boasts of 2000 km of public roads
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WHO WILL ISSUE “
PARKING PERMITS “ ?
Some “ humans “ sitting in RTO or some other
Government Department
WHAT PROOF WILL THEY NEED
?
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Domicile Certificate
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Aadhar Card
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Proof of Residential Addresses ( or Office Address ) from your
building Societies
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Car Registration Book ( proof that car belongs to YOU )
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Letters from Society Secretaries confirming that you are not
allotted any parking space inside the Society premises
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Letter from RTO re number of vehicles registered in your name
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WHAT CRITERIA WILL BE USED
WHILE GRANTING PARKING PERMIT ?
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Number
of members in applicant’s family
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Number of vehicles in applicant’s family
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Duration of stay in Mumbai
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Duration of ownership of vehicles
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Location Category ( Resi / Office )
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Daily Travel direction and distance to be covered ( to / from )
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Whether Petrol / Diesel or Electric Vehicle
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Reason for not using “ Public Transport “
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Why you cannot use a 2 wheeler in place of a 4 wheeler ?
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Why you cannot work at night instead of in day time ? or a
staggered shift ?
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If coming to work from outside Municipal Limits , why can’t you
leave your vehicle outside and take a taxi ?
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Why can’t you take your family for a movie on a Sunday ?
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CAN A HUMAN REJECT YOUR
CLAIM BASED ON THESE CRITERIA ?
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That is the whole idea ! How
else can he “ oblige “ you – for a “ consideration “ ?
CANNOT A SOFTWARE
ALGORITHM ALLOT PARKING PERMITS FAIRLY ?
No big deal for a software to decide : “ Who “ gets to park, “ Where and When “
If actual traffic pattern ( including ,”
which “vehicle was stationary – parked –
and “ when “ – and for “ how long “ ) can be compiled for a period of 3
months , then , using BIG DATA ANALYTICS , this can be done by a software
WHAT WILL BE REQUIRED ?
Every vehicle to be fitted with a RFID sensor / GPS
locator app
Exclusive Transponder on a Geo-Synchronous Satellite
CAN ANYTHING BE DONE TO AUTOMATE COLLECTION OF PARKING
CHARGES ?
No problem ! Since the days of coin-operated Parking
Meters on footpaths , technology has made tremendous progress
May be latest version of such meters do
not require coins but swipe of a card
Only problem is that you need an army of Traffic
Policemen who can keep roaming Mumbai’s 2000 km of roads , to find out which
Parking Meter is showing RED FLAG , indicating expiry of parking time !
And of course , “ hafta trade “ will flourish
like anything !
WHAT OTHER TECHNOLOGIES CAN HELP ?
Shri Nitin Gadkariji has already introduced automated
toll gates where car owners need not stop to pay the toll charges . Vehicles
which have installed pre-paid RFID sensors can just whiz pass ! Toll amount
gets deducted / transferred , automatically
There is no technological difficulty in “ reversing “
this application for stationary vehicles !
Then there are drones !
An army of drones can keep tab ( 24*7 ) of all
stationary vehicles , find those which are stationary at the same GPS location
for more than 10 minutes and deduct the appropriate “ parking charges “ from
those pre-paid RFID sensors , installed in all vehicles . No rocket science
this ! Vehicle batteries will supply power to RFID chips
And if you do not want to track / monitor / control ,
an army of DRONES , then just ask ISRO to launch a Geo-Synchronous Satellite to
do the same job for ALL the vehicles in ALL the cities of India !
WHY DO WE NEED TO DECIDE , WHO WILL / CAN , PARK WHERE
AND WHEN AND FOR HOW LONG ?
Let
vehicle owners park any number of vehicles , anywhere and at any time and for
any period – if they manage to find a parking slot !
As
long as vehicles are installed with pre-paid RFID chips , our Geo Satellite
will keep collecting parking charges and transfer to the bank account of Mumbai
Municipal Corporation !
NO
HUMAN INTERVENTION !
NO
ARBITRARY DECISIONS !
NO
NEED FOR MILLIONS OF APPLICATIONS TO BE PROCESSED !
NO
NEED FOR COLLECTION MACHINERY !
NO
ARMY OF TRAFFIC POLICE TO CHECK PARKING VIOLATIONS !
NO
SCOPE FOR HAFTAS !
And
ISRO will do all of this for , may be Rs 100 crores , which is dirt cheap !
If
all 20 crore vehicles get covered by this Satellite , cost per vehicle will be
just Rs 5 / -
HOW MUCH CAN BMC EARN USING SUCH A SATELLITE ?
Here
is an approx. estimate based on average of parking rates proposed by BMC :
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For Day / Night
Parking Slots ( allotted )
For 9 lakh 4 wheelers
….. Rs 237 Crore / month
For 17 lakh 2 wheelers….
Rs 187 Crore / month
For 4 lakh others…………..
Rs 60 Crore / month
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For hourly rate
parking ( non-alloted )
All types of
vehicles…….. Rs 300 Crore
/ month
TOTAL ……………………………
Rs 784 Crore / month ( Rs 9,408 Cr / year )
Now it is not difficult for NDA Ministers concerned (
Shri Nitin Gadkariji / Shri Venkaiah Naiduji ) to compute such “ Revenue “
figures for ALL other municipalities and conclude that the Geo Satellite will
pay for itself in just ONE DAY !
Please , do not misunderstand me
I am not publishing this blog in order to influence
the voters in tomorrow’s BMC elections , to vote for that party which promises
to implement my suggestion !
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20
Feb 2017
