The Indian Express 18.04.2013
Civic body issues warning to schools over parking violations
After Ludhiana Municipal Corporation had to bear the brunt of
students’ anger on Monday for picking up wrongly parked vehicles from
the gate of BCM Arya Model Senior Secondary School in Shastri Nagar,
the Tehbazari wing Wednesday issued warnings to all schools on parking
rules.
The Municipal Corporation towed away 15 vehicles from the front gate of Guru Nanak Public School, Sarabha Nagar, on Wednesday.
The wing made it clear that, “…from Thursday no pleas and
excuses of schools, be it students or teachers will be heard and
vehicles will be towed off immediately if found parked wrongly”.
Superintendent of the tehbazari wing, Naveen Malhotra, told
Newsline: “Today we have told most of the schools to get their parking
managed, failing which vehicles will be towed off. If some school is
left I would like to inform them through media that vehicles parked
wrongly will not be spared. The Mayor is personally taking interest in
the matter.”
“Be it students or teachers or principal, they are equal for us
and whosoever’s vehicles is found violating rules and encroaching roads
will be towed off Thursday onwards,” added Malhotra.
The schools that came under MC radar were Sacred Heart Convent
School, Sarabha Nagar; Kundan Vidya Mandir, Civil Lines; Bhartiya Vidya
Mandir, Kitchlu Nagar; Greenland Public School, Jalandhar Bypass;
Saraswati Model School and others.