The Hindu 03.09.2013
Get ready to pay for parking
Get ready to pay for parking from next month. Free
parking may soon be a luxury, what with the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara
Palike (BBMP) keen on bringing back paid parking by implementing the new
parking policy.
According to BBMP Commissioner M.
Lakshminarayan, the new policy, which envisages bringing back paid
parking, is pending with the standing committee.
“The
government is keen that the parking policy be implemented. But since
the term of the standing committees ended in April, the subject is
pending. The BBMP council has also not been able to hold a subject
meeting to decide on the matter,” he said.
He added
that once the elections to the post of Mayor, Deputy Mayor and 12
standing committees are held, the new committee members will decide on
the subject and send the same to the council for approval.
‘Elections will be postponed’
However, sources in the BJP, which is the Ruling Party in the BBMP council, told
The Hindu
that the elections to the standing committees that was scheduled for
September 4 will be postponed. The elections to the different panels
will now be held between September 15 and 25. “The elections were
postponed as the city in-charge and Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy
is out of town. Once he returns, the date for the election to the panels
will be decided,” sources added.
