The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)-designated five pay-and-park areas in M/East ward are illegal taken over by parking mafias for unauthorised parking of vehicles and running private cab services, reports stated.
These spots include Shivaji Nagar on the Ghatkopar-Mankhurd Link Road, Ahilyabai Holkar Marg, Bajiprabhu Deshpande Marg and the 90-Feet Road. Meanwhile one location has been identified on Waman Tukaram Patil Marg in Govandi East.
A civic official from the ward claimed that there is rampant illegal parking in M East ward in Mankhurd, Govandi and Shivaji Nagar, where certain mafias are operating. These mafias don’t allow contractors to bid for the parking lots. Whenever there is an e-tendering process, there is no response to it due to fear of the mafia. They have received complaints of contractors being beaten up by them, he further explained.
The civic official, who did not want to be named, said there were people who owned 200 vehicles to run private cab services and used the BMC pay-and-park on the streets for free. They are hand-in-glove with the mafia.
Owing to this, several letters have gone to the traffic department since February, as this also creates a hindrance in the daily cleaning of roads.
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