The Times of India 19.03.2014
10 major roads to become 'no parking' zones soon
GURGAON:
To ease prominent traffic bottlenecks in the city, the municipal
corporation along with traffic police plans to declare over 10 arterial
roads as 'red zones', where parking vehicles will not be allowed. The
authorities however have not bothered to come up with an alternative
parking solution.
"These are core traffic areas and should be
'no-parking' zones. I have already spoken to the police commissioner and
we have decided to declare 10-15 odd city roads as 'red zones'. While
we have already identified a couple of roads such as the one connecting
Sadar Bazaar to the bus terminal, Jail Road and Atul Kataria Chowk, we
will zero in on more roads soon. Most of the roads will be in old city
and some in new Gurgaon," said MCG commissioner Praveen Kumar. "The
concept is popular in England and many other countries. The 'red zones'
will have signboards painted in red and CCTVs to monitor any violation,
following which our enforcement team will take necessary action," Kumar
said.
Kumar however did not say much about the parking
alternatives. "This is to discourage people from parking anywhere they
like. They will have to park elsewhere and walk. The proposed
multi-level parking lots will take at least another year to get ready."
"Developed countries have excellent public transport system and
adequate parking lots but in Gurgaon people are forced to use their
vehicles. The municipal corporation must first provide efficient public
transport and then come up with such ideas," said Jagat Singh, a Sector
15 resident.
