Parking fee doubled in Chandigarh from April 1. Here's update!
Parking fee doubled in Smart City Chandigarh from April 1: Three months back the municipal corporation (MC) doubled parking rates in all 25 lots of the city; the rates are set to be doubled yet again from April 1.
The revision in fee was given a green signal by the General House of the MC after the contractor converted all parking lots into “smart” lots, and further approved by MC commissioner Jitender Yadav after physical inspection of the lots on December 6 last year.
The rates will not apply to - multi-level parking in Sector 17; the one near Fun Republic in Manimajra; Piccadily multiplex, Sector 34; Elante Mall.
“Even though, the MC claims that the lots have been converted into smart parking lots, nothing much has changed. In Sector 17, most of the cars are found haphazardly parked, as the lots are not manned,” said Neeraj Bajaj, president, Chandigarh Business Council (CBC), Sector 17.
Further, Tejdeep Singh Saini, joint commissioner, MC, said, “The rates will be doubled as per the agreement. The contractor has been penalised for haphazard parking, and has assured to depute attendants every 50 metres in the lots. But I need to check issues with the parking app with the contractor.”
“Vehicles are often parked on the roadside and on greenbelts, despite repeated complaints to the MC. We are trying our best to man the parking lots and will depute more attendants,” Sandeep Bhora, project coordinator, Arya Toll Infra, said.
-PTC News
