Wednesday, 31 May 2017

FW: THIS WILL HERALD A TRANSPORT REVOLUTION


Dear Shri Misraji :

At the outset , congratulations on NaviC

No one need have doubt that this system can – and will – bring unprecedented benefits to millions of citizens of India

I would highly appreciate , if you can confirm the feasibility of my suggestion , in my following blog  


Warm Regards,

Hemen Parekh

+91 98675 50808


Un-Implementable Laws : Unstoppable Corruption



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

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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 :

# 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 ! )

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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 ?

·          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


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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 ?

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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 “

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·         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


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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




From: Hemen Parekh [mailto:hcp@recruitguru.com]
Sent: 31 May 2017 11:31
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Subject: THIS WILL HERALD A TRANSPORT REVOLUTION

Leveraging  NaviC  ?
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{ Source : Times of India / 29 May 2017 }
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Navic = Navigation with Indian Constellation

That is the “ Operational Name “ for :

The Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System ( IRNSS ) , currently being tested for accuracy and likely to be available in market “ for public “ , early next year , as per Tapan Misra , the director of Ahmedabad-based Space Application Centre

IRNSS is our very own GPS system , with a position accuracy of 5 METRE , as compared to the American GPS ( which we currently use ) with an accuracy of 20-30 METRE  !

Adds Tapan Misra :

“ We have developed digital chips to miniaturize technology ( for use in mobiles and handsets ) and experiments are on them . The system is being tested all across the country

This indigenous navigation system , which cost ISRO,  Rs 1420 crore, will aid terrestrial , aerial and marine navigation , VEHICLE TRACKING and FLEET MANAGEMENT , disaster management , mapping and geodetic data capture , VISUAL and VOICE NAVIGATION for drivers “


CONTEXT  :

A news report ,two days back said that Mumbai Municipality collected Rs 40 crore in April 2017 , under its new PARKING POLICY , from operation of 18 Parking Plots in south Mumbai
This compares with Rs 21 crore collected in March 2017 ( a 90 % increase )

I presume , each of this parking plot could accommodate , 100 cars

So , for 18 plots , that would work out to 1,800 cars ( round of to 2,000 )

But ,city of Mumbai boasts of 30 LAKH vehicles , of which , close to 20 LAKH are parked on the streets ( outside the compound walls of buildings )

That means , 1000 TIMES more vehicles are still to be covered ( needing 18,000 Parking Plots ? )

And , if some magical way can be found ( to collect Rs 2,000 per month from each vehicle which gets parked in those parking plots – and that too , only for parking at night !  ) , that could yield MCGM , a neat sum of Rs 400 CRORE per month !


PROBLEM  :

There is no way , MCGM can find those 18,000 Parking Lots anywhere in the city !

SOLUTION  :

Just ask Shri Tapan Misra :

“ Sir , can you get NaviC to track all the vehicles in Mumbai ( to begin with – and to extend to all the cities of India , by 2020 ) , as recommended in :



Where , I have said :


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 !




Dear  Shri  Gadkariji  :


What I have suggested can become a reality , only through your celebrated  “ Out – of – the – Box “ , thinking !


31  May  2017




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