No check on violations at parking lots in Ludhiana

Harshraj Singh

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, October 19

Even as the norms are being flouted openly at various parking lots in the city, no monitoring committee has been formed by the Municipal Corporation here to check the violations.

I will raise demand for flying squad-cum-monitoring panel to keep a check on violations at all parking lots in the city. Fee structure should be displayed prominently at all entrance and exit points. The complaints of overcharging, if any, should be dealt with strictly. Parminder Mehta, Congress leader

Overcharging is a common practice at the Bhadaur House and AC market parking lots. Visitors are asked to pay Rs50 for car parking against the prescribed fee of Rs20. Notice boards showing fee structure are not being displayed at the entrance/exit points of most of the parking sites at Bhadaur House. The notice reflecting parking fee at the AC market parking lot has been torn.

There is no check on violations at the Feroze Gandhi Market and Model Town Extension market parking lots either as manual fee slips were being issued to users for parking their vehicles. As per rules, contractors are supposed to issue only e-tickets.

Col Harjap Singh (retd), chairman of the Feroze Gandhi Market Association, said no monitoring committee had been formed to keep a check on violations committed by parking contractors.

“At least 10 times we have asked the MC to set up a monitoring committee, but to no avail. Moreover, no maintenance has been ensured at the parking lots of Feroze Gandhi Market. Besides, no steps have been taken to decongest the lots,” he said.

Senior Congress leader Parminder Mehta said: “I will raise a demand for the formation of a flying squad-cum-monitoring panel to keep a check on the violations at all the parking lots in the city. Fee structure should be displayed prominently at all entrance and exit points.”

“The complaints of overcharging, if any, should be dealt with strictly,” said Mehta.

Head of MC’s tehbazari wing and Zonal Commissioner (C) Neeraj Jain said he would direct the superintendent headquarters to look into the matter and take necessary steps regarding the issues faced by the users at parking lots.

Flouting norms

• Overcharging common at Bhadaur House and AC market parking lots. Visitors asked to pay Rs50 for car parking against the prescribed fee of Rs20.
• Manual fee slips issued to users at parking lots in Feroze Gandhi Market and Model Town Extension market. As per rules, contractors are supposed to issue only e-tickets.
• Boards showing parking fee not displayed at the entrance/exit points at most of the parking lots in the city.