The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to revise the vehicle parking charges in the city with effect from April 1.
The BMC has invited tender for 32 parking lots in the town. As per the decision, there would be no parking charges for bicycles. However, motorcyclist would have to pay Rs 5 for parking their two-wheelers for up to two hours. Similarly, for auto-rickshaws, four-wheelers and heavy vehicles, the parking charges would be Rs 5, Rs 20 and Rs 25 respectively.
The parking cost for two to three hours would be Rs 15 for two-wheelers while for three-wheelers, four-wheelers and heavy vehicles, the charges would be Rs 20, Rs 40 and Rs 50, respectively.
Furthermore, charges of Rs 25 would be levied for parking two-wheelers for three to four hours. In case of three-wheelers, four-wheelers and heavy vehicles, the parking fees have been fixed at Rs 35, Rs 60 and Rs 75 respectively. For parking vehicles for more than five hours, people need to pay 20 per cent extra per hour. Electric vehicles would be given 40 per cent discount on parking fees.
However, it is said that the parking fees are more than any metropolitan city.On Friday, a delegation of the Samajwadi Party led by its State president Rabi Behera met BMC Commissioner Prem Chadra Choudhary and submitted a memorandum to him demanding reconsideration of the hefty hike in the parking fees.