The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is all set to commission nine multi levels parking lots having capacity of 4094 cars in the national Capital.
As per details shared by the civic body, six storey puzzle parking at Nizamuddin Basti with the capacity to park 86 cars and is likely to be completed in October 2022, while nine storey Shuttle Parking for 399 cars at M-Block Market Greater Kailash-1 is likely to be completed by June 2023. “Six Storey Puzzle parking for 81 cars at Amar Colony Lajpat Nagar is likely to be completed by December 2022, six storeys Puzzle Parking at Punjabi Bagh Cremation Ground for 225 cars is expected to be completed by April 2023,” the MCD said. “However, parking for 500 cars at Shiva Market Pritampura is likely to be completed by December 2022, Parking at Gandhi Maidan Chandni Chowk for 2338 cars is likely to be completed by Dec 2022, Parking at Qutub Road for 174 Cars is anticipated to be completed by November 2022,” he said. SR
“Stack Parking at Nigambodh Ghat for 95 cars is likely to be completed by October 2022 and Stack Parking at Fatehpuri for 196 Cars is predicted to be completed by October 2022,” he informed. While informing about the parking charges, he said that charges of the parking will remain the same, Rs 20 for one hour, and Rs 100 for the whole day.
Charges for the pass of one month for the day parking will cost Rs 1200, on the other hand the people have to shell out Rs 2000 for a month parking pass of day and night, official added.
More than 400 parking sites are maintained by the Corporation, in the national capital.
Welcoming the move, general-secretary of Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT), Praveen Khandelwal said parking is a major issue in almost all markets in Delhi. “This will certainly ease the burden,” he added.
Khandelwal claimed that after the preparation of the Master Plan for Delhi, the Corporation took the money for the construction of the parking by the traders around a decade ago. We are pleased that finally the MCD is delivering for what they have charged.