Dear Shri Raj Purohitji ,
In today’s Hindustan Times , I read about your having
raised several issues with BMC officers in connection with the new Pay and Park policy
Congratulations on raising these issues !
I hope you will debate these in the meeting of Mumbai
residents , scheduled for 8th April
While debating , you may want to bring up , some of my
own concerns expressed in my following blog ( sent
as email to Maharashtra Transport Minister and BMC officers )
With Regards,
hemen
parekh / marol
(
M ) +91 - 98,67,55,08,08
Monday, 20 February 2017
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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 :
· 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 )
· All rates will be different on Sunday and Public
Holiday
·
· 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
·
· For each location category, there will be different
rates for “ Hourly Parking “, ranging as follows :
#
Cat A = Rs 60 / Cat B = Rs 40 / Cat C = Rs 20 ( for 4 wheelers )
#
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
·
WILL APPLY TO
· 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 ! )
·
· Some 500 new vehicles are getting registered DAILY
·
· More than half of these are being parked on public
roads ( day and night )
·
· Mumbai boasts of 2000 km of public roads
·
·
WHO WILL ISSUE “ PARKING PERMITS “ ?
Some
“ humans “ sitting in RTO or some other Government Department
WHAT PROOF WILL THEY NEED ?
· Domicile Certificate
·
· Aadhar Card
·
· Proof of Residential Addresses ( or Office
Address ) from your building Societies
·
· Car Registration Book ( proof that car belongs
to YOU )
·
· Letters from Society Secretaries confirming that
you are not allotted any parking space inside the Society premises
·
· Letter from RTO re number of vehicles registered in
your name
·
·
WHAT CRITERIA WILL BE USED WHILE GRANTING PARKING
PERMIT ?
· Number
of members in applicant’s family
·
· Number of vehicles in applicant’s family
·
· Duration of stay in Mumbai
·
· Duration of ownership of vehicles
·
· Location Category ( Resi / Office )
·
· Daily Travel direction and distance to be
covered ( to / from )
·
· Whether Petrol / Diesel or Electric Vehicle
·
· Reason for not using “ Public Transport “
·
· Why you cannot use a 2 wheeler in place of a 4
wheeler ?
·
· Why you cannot work at night instead of in day
time ? or a staggered shift ?
·
· If coming to work from outside Municipal Limits
, why can’t you leave your vehicle outside and take a taxi ?
·
· Why can’t you take your family for a movie on a Sunday
?
·
·
CAN A HUMAN REJECT YOUR CLAIM BASED ON THESE CRITERIA
?
· 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 :
# 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
# 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 justONE 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
www.hemenparekh.in / blogs
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