Digitiation and more multiplevel parking lots planned in Delhi

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is planning a series of reforms, from digitization to pricing for parking, to tackle congestion on roads and resolve complaints of overcharging, Senior Municipal on Monday.

Sharing that the discussions were only at a preliminary stage, officials said proposals include converting regular car parks into smart parking spaces linked with mobile applications, insreasing the one Fee at the time of registration, and removing roadside robbing lots that are leading to traffic bottlenecks.

“We are in conversation with the national informatics center (nic) to develop an app for the corporation. Under the current system, the contractor operating the tractor operating the parking lot has to pay monthly leuice fee to the MCD. Help Direct Payments to the Corporation’s Account and MLF can be deducted automatically.

The official said the Civic Body is Considering Digitiation of the Parking Charge System, Under which people will be able to book a parking slot using their mobile application. “The Entry and Exit Time With The Location BE ENTERED IT He Application at the Time of the Entry to the Parking Lot. This will help brings transparency to the system. Be made through mobile applications, “The official said.

The MCD Runs 430 Parking Lots, of which 14 are multiplevel facilities and the rest are surface-level ones. The mcd has equipped more than 20 parking lots with rfid technology to collect charges through fastag.

Last month, the corporation had also imposed penalties of up to 24 Lakh for Parking Fee Overcharging in Various Parking Lots of Old Delhi.

A Second Municipal Official Said That The Parking Sector Reforms May Also Include Closing some road

“These points will be selected based on the inputs from the delhi traffic police. If the surface parking is also creating more problems rather than adding facility for the people, it can be found cassesed. Should be converted into no parking area as making it free would only add to chaos with people parking haphazardly, “The official said.

The official said that such a phasing out can be carried out only in selected ares as it will lead to revealed. “We are also planning to seek an increase in one time travery