The Hindu 31.07.2013
Corporation to cancel parking lot contract
The Coimbatore Corporation is in the process of cancelling the contract of the person who had taken on lease the parking lot at the Gandhipuram Town Bus Stand. Commissioner G. Latha told journalists on Tuesday that the civic body had decided to terminate the contract after it found the contractor charging customers in excess of the prescribed amount.
The contractor was supposed to collect Rs. 5 for 24 hours. But he had been charging customers Rs. 10 for three hours. The civic body officials found the contractor breaching the contract terms a week or so ago and fined him Rs. 80,000.
It had decided to cancel the contract after he was found continuing the illegality.
Ms. Latha said the action would serve as a warning for other contractors. If members of the public found parking lot contractors fleecing them they could send message to the grievance cell on 92822 02422.
