The Indian Express             22.08.2013

North civic body collects Rs 8 lakh fine from parking contractors for violations

So far, the corporation has collected Rs 8.1 lakh as penalty from these contractors. However, no one has been booked for unauthorised parking. The penalty was imposed after the commissioner received many complaints against contractors through councillors and also from the public.

According to the revised parking policy, any parking contractor penalised for five violations will be blacklisted and barred from getting the contract again.

The corporation has also decided to make hand-held parking ticket machines compulsory.

The civic body has listed out three minor violations - non-wearing of uniform by parking attendants, which attract a fine of Rs 2,000; non-maintenance of complaint register, which carries a fine of Rs 5,000; and parking vehicles without issuing a slip,which has a fine of Rs 10,000 or 25 per cent of the monthly licence fee (MLF).

The major violations are overcharging — a first time violation attracts a penalty of 25 per cent of MLF; non-use of hand-held devices, which carries a fine of 50 per cent of MLF; encroaching space over and above parking space, which has a penalty of 75 percent of MLF; and non-display of notice board, which carries a fine of one month licence fee.

"This has been done after we received many complaints that contractors were overcharging and outsourcing their tendered sites. Directions from the commissioner went to all deputy commissioners to prepare a report about the parking policy violations in their respective zones. They were then directed to take necessary action," Yogendra Mann, Director (Press Information), North corporation, said.