Mumbai: Residents demand concessional charges in public parking lots

Mumbai | Thursday | 11th July, 2019

Summary:

As the action against illegal parking in the vicinity of the public parking lots continue, residents demand concession in the parking charges inside the lots.Though the business professionals can afford the charges in the parking lots, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) should consider parking passes at a discounted rate for locals, say corporators. The BMC has continued its action against the vehicles illegally parked in the vicinity of 500 metres of 26 Public Parking Lots. But even if all the parking lots become available, it will not solve the parking issue, warn corporators. “There are three parking lots in our area with collectively more than 2,000 parking spaces. “The charges are high and there are so many parking lots in the area that the contractors are not coming forward to collect and maintain parking lots..