Man held for operating MC parking lot illegally in Amritsar

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, September 22

The estate wing of the Municipal Corporation, Amritsar, nabbed a person for collecting parking fee illegally at a space outside Amandeep Hospital.

Estate Officer Dharminderjit Singh received the information from the area councillor on phone that the parking fee was being illegally collected by unidentified persons by allowing people to park the vehicles on MC’s parking lot outside the Amandeep Hospital.

A team led by Estate Officer visited the spot and nabbed a man, while two of them managed to flee. The person operating parking has been identified as Nikhal Jain, a resident of Sultanwind. The MCA officials handed over him to the custody of Rani Ka Bagh Police Station.

The MC had received tenders for allotment of total 12 parking stands of the city through e-tendering and out of these 5 parking stands have been allotted through e-tendering last week.

A resolution was passed by the Municipal Corporation of Amritsar through the meeting of Finance and Contract Committee on September 18 to issue allotment letters to the successful bidders of these 5 parking stands. It has been passed in the meeting and as per the decision of the meeting the process of issuance of allotment letter to the successful bidders by the estate department is in progress.

Estate Officer Dharminderjit stated that if any parking lot of the MC is found to be operated by anyone else than the MC, workers should immediately inform the Estate Wing, so that legal action can be taken against the person concerned.

Two accomplices manage to flee

Estate Officer Dharminderjit Singh received the information from the area councillor on phone that the parking fee was being illegally collected by unidentified persons by allowing them to park the vehicle on MC's parking lot outside the Amandeep Hospital on Tuesday. A team led by Estate Officer visited the spot and nabbed a person, while two of them managed to flee.