Parking Policy

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding large scale felling of toddy yielding palm trees in Bihar, 05/06/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …

GPS to keep track of trucks on NH2

DURGAPUR, 18 JULY: The Durgapur police has asked freight services operators to intensify use of Global Positioning Satellite(GPS) technology across the Asansol – Durgapur industrial hub. This, the police believe, “would help to detect hijacked vehicles and improve freight flow and contribute to reduced congestion and pollution.” The police also …

More parking lots to be developed in Jaipur

JAIPUR: To curb parking menace in the city, the civic bodies have geared up to develop parking lots in the city. Acting on the directions of the empowered committee that was constituted to develop Pink City as a world-class city, the civic bodies have identified areas to develop in the …

1922 road rebuilt for Khan mkt parking

NDMC Removes Encroachments, Road Readied For Use In Four Months New Delhi: A 40-foot wide road that used to be an extension of Amrita Shergill Marg in 1922 has been rebuilt to enable traffic circulation as part of the new Khan Market parking plan. The road will facilitate the entry …

People want parking policy: but oppose fee in colonies, steep hike in hourly charges

New Delhi: After the transport department sought views on a hike in parking rates, most people seemed to agree that a “proper” parking policy was needed. And while many have suggested various ways of implementing the hike, an overwhelming majority has apparently shot down the special task force’s (STF) recommendation …

BEST to show way out of parking woes

The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking will design and manage parking lots in the city. The transport and infrastructure planning think-tank set up by the state government, the Mumbai Transformation Support Unit (MTSU), has asked the BEST to take charge of parking of vehicles and the funds generated …

Soon, handheld devices for parking slips

New Delhi: The North Delhi Municipal Corporation has decided to make the use of handheld devices to issue parking slips mandatory. The corporation took this step following complaints of overcharging and misuse of parking space by contractors handling its parking lots. The Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) had recommended this …

Expert bats for ban on free parking

In order to tune into a sustainable transport in the City, the State government should take some bold steps like banning free parking, said Prof T G Sitharam, Chairman, Centre for Infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning (CiSTUP), IISc. Speaking at a seminar on “Green Economy: The way forward for …

Blame game over parking woes in city continues

As the merchants in the city came out against the decision to restrict parking along main roads in the city, the Corporation authorities and the police are trying to put the blame back on commercial establishments for the present status of traffic obstructions being caused due to parking. Ensuring that …

Draft policy for 10-fold hike in parking rates

A draft policy for parking finalised by the Environment Protection and Control Authority (EPCA) headed by Bhure Lal has proposed 10 time-hike in the parking rates depending on the locations of the colony and market areas in the national capital. The draft policy was discussed at a high-level meeting chaired …

Multi-level car park opens near CP

The state-of-the-art facility can accommodate more than 1,400 cars By asking you to ‘Let your car wait in style', Capital Point, the city's newest automated multi-level car park near Connaught Place, seems to be all about providing comfort for your car. Flanked by Hanuman Mandir and Gurdwara Bangla Sahib on …

BKS Marg parking lot opens

New Delhi: The much-awaited automated multilevel parking at Baba Kharak Singh Marg was finally inaugurated on Tuesday. With a capacity to accommodate 1,408 cars, this is the biggest automated car parking lot in Delhi. To encourage shoppers to use the state-of-the-art facility, NDMC is planning to a start shuttle service …

Four parking lots find no takers, MC losing lakhs

Chandigarh: With the Municipal Corporation unable to find takers, for four paid parking lots, over the past six months, the civic body has been suffering losses worth lakhs every month. The parking lots were auctioned in January this year. With the highest bid being less than what the parking lots …

Delhi High Court gets hi-tech parking lot

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has gone underground again, but this time it is to provide an efficient parking system at the Delhi High Court premises. On Wednesday, Supreme Court Judge D. K. Jain and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit inaugurated an automated underground multi-level car parking with a capacity …

KMC earnings from car parking increase by `82 lakh

KOLKATA, 30 MAY: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has increased its earnings from car parking by Rs 82 lakh in 2011-12. A senior civic official said revenue increased following a series of drives against illegal car parking and the racket that operates it. The KMC had earned Rs 6.40 crore …

SN market surface parking a mess: No Attendants At Parking Lots In Area, Long Queues At Multilevel Parking

New Delhi: For the past one week, shoppers at the Sarojini Nagar market are having a hard time parking their vehicles. With no attendants at the surface-level parking lots, shoppers as well as traders are parking haphazardly, leading to a traffic mess. New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) had handed over …

Prohibitive parking fees’ to decongest roads in CBD

No parking on arterial roads, but only at designated spots Soon, parking vehicles on the arterial roads of the City’s central business district (CBD) may be a costly affair. By restricting the parking to designated locations and fixing fees for the same, the government proposes to decongest the major thoroughfares, …

Multilevel parking lot at BKS Marg finally opened to public

New Delhi: After missing several deadlines, the New Delhi Municipal Council’s multilevel parking lot at Baba Kharak Singh (BKS) Marg was opened to public on Tuesday evening. During the trial run, DLF— the private concessionaire responsible for the construction and operation of the parking lot — has decided to provide …

Councillors concerned over inadequate parking facilities in South Delhi

Six automated parking facilities based on public-private partnerships planned in various parts of South Delhi are yet to see the light of day. Work has not started on the facilities in Greater Kailash-1, Lajpat Nagar, Defence Colony, South Extension – I and II, Kamla Nagar and Rani Bagh despite tenders …

Long way still for 13 multi-level parking lots, GK-I project stuck

Many of the Capital’s multi-level and automated parking projects are still in early stages of construction, despite crossing their deadlines long ago. Of 15 automated multi-level parking projects, the one in GK-II was dropped. Till date, only the Kamla Nagar Market project has seen significant progress. It is 80 per …

5 years on, multi-level car parks remain on paper

New Delhi: Continuing uncertainty over the fate of numerous parking projects has become a cause of concern for not only vehicle users but also the city’s planners. While there are plans to raise parking fees in the city, only one of the 41 multi-level parking projects conceived by the erstwhile …

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