The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has allowed the residents living in old buildings in Mumbai to park vehicles on the roadside. This policy change is applicable for the residents of older buildings which don’t have parking facilities.
As per the civic body, the residents will be allowed to park their vehicles on roads within 500 meters of a public parking lot (PPL). The assistant municipal commissioners of all the wards have been asked to locate such societies or buildings and inspect the area before allowing them to park on the sides of the roads, the Free Press Journal reported.
The BMC stated that this decision was taken after several residents from Shivaji Park residing in old buildings wanted an exemption from the fines imposed. The residents expressed the trouble regarding lack of parking spaces on their premises.
The civic body officials informed that the exercise has already begun in the Shivaji Park area in Dadar West. Earlier, the BMC had dropped parking penalties and allowed vehicles to be parked on 15 roads that were designated no-parking zones in the area.
The older buildings were constructed before 1991 Development Control Regulations and the residents will be allowed to park their vehicles on the roadside on payment of nominal charges, the BMC said.
Earlier in June 2019, the BMC introduced the ‘No Parking’ rules under which it imposed heavy fines on defaulters who park their vehicles on the road. The fine for four vehicles parked within a 500-meter radius of PPL was up to ₹23,500. Later, the BMC had slashed the fines following protests.
The BMC had introduced the harsh penalty to curb the traffic jams in Mumbai due to the illegal parking.
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