Summary:
The fleecing of visitors is going on in broad daylight at a parking lot that is located just a stone’s throw away from the Ludhiana Deputy Commissioner and Additional Deputy Commissioner’s office. The prescribed parking fee for two-wheeler is Rs10 and for four-wheeler Rs20 at the parking site from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm. The parking ticket shows Rs11.80 as fee, including Rs1.80 as 18 per cent GST, for parking two-wheelers, but visitors are asked to pay Rs15. Visitors asked as to why GST was being charged from them on prescribed parking fee. Zila Nazar at the mini-secretariat, Kuldeep Singh, said: “We will look into the overcharging complaints at the parking lot..