No Takers ? No
Wonder !
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Hindustan Times ( 13 Feb ) carries following news :
The parking policy,
which is meant to encourage citizens to use public transport and fine them for
illegal parking, is delayed again, this time owing to lack of public response.
Under the residential parking scheme, the citizens are allowed to park on roads outside their housing societies from 8pm to 8am after six months' payment.
After getting
municipal commissioner Ajoy Mehta's nod for night parking in 'A' ward
(Churchgate, Cuffe Parade, Kala Ghoda) in January, the BMC received applications
from 235 car owners from 39 housing
societies requesting parking space on roads.
Of them, 69 were
rejected. The civic body sent payment notices of Rs 1,800 a month to 20 housing
societies for 166 car owners who received the no-objection from the traffic
police to park on the roads
However, only seven housing societies
have paid fees ,
while three others refused as parking will be allowed for only 12 hours
The remaining have
been delaying fee payment
Taking note of the poor response , the BMC will meet
citizen activists in south Mumbai this week.
“ There was no
deadline for paying parking fees . However, as it is a pilot project we only
have no-objection certificate from Traffic Police for six months “ , said Kiran Dighavkar , assistant Municipal
Commissioner, A ward
“ Many residents had
doubts regarding parking timings, towing of vehicles and parking fees . We will
also answer these queries in the meetings “
The area has a
population of nearly 150,000 people and also a floating population of 800,000
daily
A ward is a prime
location for commercial complexes and government buildings and sees a heavy
density of vehicular traffic
In my following blog
( sent as email to BMC officers ), I had pointed out :
·
Why the proposed scheme is “ Un-implementable “ and can only be
observed in its breach
·
Being “ Un-implementable “ , how it will serve
as an assured means for “ Corruption “
·
What is a technology-based solution
which
will eliminate human ( read, “ Traffic Police “ ) intervention and automate annual
collection of Rs 9,408 crores of parking fees
Un-Implementable
Laws : Unstoppable Corruption [ 20
Feb 2017 ]
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