Parking issue gains ground in MCD budget

Thursday, Dec 09, 2010




For those, who have been facing problems in parking their vehicles in different parts of the city, Budget 2011-2012 of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) brings good news.

The civic agency has proposed 8,000 additional parking facilities for Delhiites. As per the budget, 21 multi-level parking facilities have been proposed. 13 are under construction, which will cater to 7,000 vehicles."I hope our decision would help people get more space for parking their vehicles," said KS Mehra, Commissioner, MCD.

Watch this space
Meanwhile, the work on seven of the parking areas which will give space to 2500 vehicles is almost complete. However, they have already missed a few deadlines.

Also, the civic agency is trying to propose automated multi-level parking systems at 15 other strategically situated places, which will cater to around 7128 vehicles. The civic agency is planning to start the new multi- level parking system at Kamala Nagar by the end of this year, which will be able to give space to 828 vehicles.

Stake parking
The civic agency has geared for four major stake parking lots where 720 vehicles can stand at a time. This includes space for 90 vehicles behind Sheila Cinema, Paharganj and for 96 vehicles on Satyabhama Road. Shalimar Bagh which caters to 450 vehicles will contribute space for 84 vehicles in the stake parking system. The civic agency has spent Rs 60 crore for the whole project.

Strip parking
MCD for the first time has come up with the idea of strip parking. The civic agency is planning to construct such facilities on roads which have been demarcated for commercialisation and mixed land use purpose. All the surveys regarding such roads have been conducted by the civic agency and are just waiting for the final report.

The general public is naturally happy with the decision. Most of them have to fight for a parking space while going to the markets in different parts of the capital.

'About time'
"This is really great news for us. We have been struggling to get a better parking system for the past many years," said Gurinder Singh, a resident of Lajpat Nagar.

"The news is definitely good. But I just hope that the action is implemented soon, as they keep promising things. But they never get implemented," said Sunita Rana, a resident of Janakpuri.

Original news source http://www.mid-day.com/news/2010/dec/091210-News-Delhi-8-000-more-vehicles-Parking-issue-MCD.htm