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Traders come in way of parking lots at Khadki cantonment

Wednesday, 27 October 2010 11:06 administrator
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Indian  Express               27.10.2010

Traders come in way of parking lots at Khadki cantonment

Ishfaq Naseem Tags : Khadki Cantonment Board, KCB Posted: Wed Oct 27 2010, 03:35 hrs

 Pune:  With the pay and park plan of the Pune Municipal Corporation falling flat in the wake of resistance from traders, the civic administration is struggling to deal with the dearth in parking lots in the Khadki cantonment area. According to officials, the Khadki Cantonment Board (KCB) had decided to regulate parking in the cantonment area by starting paid parking outside Khadki Bazaar, however, the proposal was called off due to the resistance from traders.

“We don’t have even a single paid parking facility in the cantonment area as of now,” said cantonment executive engineer Arun Godbole. “People park their vehicles on the cantonment land and don’t pay anything,” said KCB chief revenue superintendent V R Panse.

Although the Pune Cantonment board (PCB) has some 40 designated parking spaces, the cantonment board is unable to increase parking space. “The vehicle population has increased but we are not able to increase the parking spaces beyond a limit as the people have demanded that parking be stopped at some places,” said elected-member PCB, Manzoor Nazir Sheikh. “People residing around the Shivaji Market have complained that due to the double parking they were facing difficulties in entering the market,” added Sheikh. “The cantonment board realises a revenue of nearly Rs 1.2 crore on an annual basis by giving out the contract for utilisation of its pay and parking facilities. We would have been able to earn more in case we identify more parking areas,” said Shiekh.

Officials of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) said that more parking lots have been identified under the in the development plan but the people at some places were resisting. Additional city engineer PMC, Srinvas Bonala, said, “We have identified more parking lots in the development plan and have acquired the land at some places. At many places we are in the process of resolving the issues of ownership with the people whose land is to be taken over.” He added that in order to avoid congestion on the roads, the PMC continues to levy parking charges on four-wheeled vehicles for road-side parking facilities. “ We have exempted the two-wheelers and three-wheelers from paying any charges for parking at the designated road side parking facilities which have been identified by the traffic police,” he said, adding that this has been done to regulate the increasing number of vehicles in the city.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 October 2010 11:07
 

To beat space crunch, municipal body thinks out of the box

Wednesday, 27 October 2010 11:04 administrator
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Indian Express           27.10.2010

To beat space crunch, municipal body thinks out of the box

Ajay Khape Tags : Pune Municipal Corporation, PMC Posted: Wed Oct 27 2010, 06:52 hrs

Pune:  With automobiles flooding city roads, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is struggling to provide adequate parking space for vehicles. Of the seven plots reserved for off-street parking, the PMC has acquired only four with work under way in only two of the plots.

To meet the parking demand, the municipal corporation is mulling mechanised parking system, already in place on JM Road, at Budhwar Peth, Hamalwada. They system involves lifting vehicles to park them on different floors of a steel tower.

Work on multi-storey parking facility is under way at the Pune railway station and on Laxmi Road. The civic administration had proposed increasing fees for onstreet parking facility, however, the plan received a set back after elected representatives made two-wheeler parking free of cost.

As part of a comprehensive mobility plan, the PMC conducted a study on parking needs at diffrent hours of the day. The plan suggested use of space-saving techniques like Auto-Parking. A ‘no parking’ zone was recommended in areas where the PMC is coming up with buildings for parking.

On parking needs during the day, the study revealed that demand exists uniformly throughout the day and goes up slightly from 11 am to 11.30 am.

The demand for parking begins at around 8 am. FC Road recorded the highest number of parked vehicles, 3845, while Bajirao Road saw the least. Two-wheelers accounted for 63 per cent of the total parked vehicles. More than 70 per cent of the vehicles are parked for less than one hour in commercial areas. Vehicles parked for over 3 hours are rampant in Swargate, FC Road, PMC and Hamalwada. Cars make up most of the parked vehicles at Hamalwada, Mandai, PMC and Pune Station. 

PMC saw 1,567 parked vehicles in 12 hours with two-wheelers accounting for 65 per cent of all vehicles. Cars and autos made up 25 per cent and 3 per cent respectively while cycles account for 7 per cent of the parked vehicles.

“The parking infrastructure that was proposed at various locations in the city under JNNURM is unlikely to take off as the land reserved has been encroached upon,” said Vinay Deshpande, incharge of JNNURM cell of PMC.

PMC Traffic Planner Srinivas Bonala said, “There is no land available for parking buildings so mechanised parking is being explored.”

Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 October 2010 11:06
 

Mysore city to get public transport corporation

Wednesday, 27 October 2010 09:29 administrator
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The Hindu  27.10.2010

Mysore city to get public transport corporation

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BANGALORE: Following the Union Government's condition to undertake reforms in the transport sector for the release of funds for the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) projects in Mysore, the State Government has decided to set up a transport corporation for Mysore city.

Addressing presspersons here on Tuesday, Minister for Transport R. Ashok said a decision to establish a transport corporation for Mysore was taken at a board meeting of the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation. The Mysore city transport corporation would be set up on the lines of the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC).

The decision to set up the transport corporation for Mysore was taken to meet certain norms that the Union Government had evolved in connection with JNNURM, under which it allotted 150 buses to the city.

Mysore city has received a World Bank-funded intelligent transport system (ITS) for public transport which allows commuters access real-time bus travel information and also facilitates effective monitoring of their movement, he said.

An initiative of the KSRTC, the project would be completed in 14 months from the date of awarding the contract. It is expected to cover 500 buses, 105 bus stops and six bus terminals and 45 platforms in the city. At present, KSRTC in Mysore caters to a population of over 2.2 million.

The project will be funded by World Bank's Global Environment Fund (GEF), the Union Government and the State Government and the balance through internal accruals. KSRTC's ITS initiative is to become a model/case study for other cities, he said.

The Minister said that Mandya would have city bus services soon.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 October 2010 09:31
 
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