Illegal parking drive paying off for MCD

Wednesday, April 06, 2011

MCD's move to crack down on illegal parking seems to have paid off. The civic agency's revenue from parking has doubled in the past year. Though MCD has regularized 75 illegal parking sites in the past few months, MCD officials say that strict implementation of parking rules is the main reason for the increase in revenue. 

During 2009-10, MCD collected Rs 61.13 crore from parking sites, whose number doubled last year. Following that, MCD has collected Rs 122.08 crore from parking. "We have taken several measures to bring down the number of illegal parkings in the city. Last year, we had floated tenders for 225 parking sites, which were operating illegally. Of these, nearly 75 parking lots were regularized," said asenior MCD official. 

Another possible reason for the sharp increase in revenue from parking is strict enforcement of rules. To check parking of the vehicles beyond the permitted area by the parking contractors, the civic agency imposed the system of paying damage charges. "Contractors are supposed to pay 10 times the parking charges for extra vehicles in an authorized parking lot," said an MCD official.

Original news source http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Illegal-parking-drive-paying-off-for-MCD/articleshow/7880974.cms