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CHENNAI: The government has come up with an ambitious plan to provide parking facilities to accommodate two lakh four-wheelers and two lakh two-wheelers, keeping the population of 2045 in mind. Once this is implemented across the city, need for multi-level car parking lots and underground parking facilities will increase. Chennai Metro Rail Ltd has already planned two underground parking facilities at Shenoy Nagar and Central stations,” said an official.A few urban planners, however, spoke against the proposal, saying pumping in so much money for parking infrastructure was unnecessary. All agencies will be a part of it,” he said.One of the major projects to be taken up under this would be the on-street parking management system which will ensure that parking on road will be charged. “Parking is an issue which needs to be managed and it is a major revenue generating source..