Rs 20 after 16 mins: In Chandigarh, BJP councillors approve hike in parking charges after opposition walks out
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Chandigarh: With Congress and AAP councillors having walked out,
BJP councillors
in the Chandigarh MC house on Wednesday gave their nod to increasing charges of
paid parking
.
The charges are to be included in a new request for proposal (RFP), which will be finalised in coming few days. An RFP is prepared for carrying out decisions of the MC. It includes all aspects of a new move, like the conditions for the tender and other finer details. The RFP is expected to take another six months to be finalised.
If all goes according to plan, the charges will be also higher at the parking lots of Elante Mall in Industrial Area-I, Piccadilly Square in Sector 34, and Fun Republic in Manimajra. In what may attract criticism from locals, the only-BJP MC house also approved 10 parking passes for each councillor. The agenda was discussed and approved when no one from the opposition was present.
The civic body had been planning the paid parking project for eight years. Under the revised charges for four-wheelers, like previous times, the MC kept the first 15 minutes free. From 16 minutes to 4 hours, a proposal of Rs 20 was finalised, which will be Rs 25 from 4 to 8 hours, and after 8 hours, an additional 10 rupees will be charged for every hour. The charges will be Rs 25 and 30 after 4 years, respectively, and after eight years, the charges will be Rs 30 and 35, respectively.
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For two-wheelers, the first 15 minutes will be free, and from the 16th minute to 4 hours, the charges will be Rs 10. From 4 hours to 8 hours, the charges will be Rs 15, and after that, an extra Rs 5 will be charged for every hour. After four years, the charges will increase to Rs 15-20, respectively. After eight years, the charges will be Rs 20 and 25, respectively.
In Elante Mall and Fun Republic, the paid parking charges will be Rs 85 for the first four hours, and Rs 155 for 4-8 hours. After four years, the charges will be increase to Rs 95 and Rs 170, and after eight years, the charges will be Rs 105 and 190, respectively.
Besides the charges, the general house also approved the introduction of a software solution integrated with POS machines to collect accurate data on vehicles' presence, stay, and duration at the exit point in each paid parking lot. Now, the civic body authority will request the Society for Promotion of IT in Chandigarh (SPIC) to provide a software solution integrated with POS machines for this purpose.
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