L- G NOTIFIES NEW PARKING POLICY ON STREETS, LANES

New Delhi, Jan. 29: A new parking policy for the national capital was on Monday notified by lieutenant governor ( LG) Anil Baijal, paving the way for levying charges on parking of vehicles on designated streets and lanes in residential areas.

As part of the notification, the policy, to be known as ‘ Delhi Maintenance and Management of Parking Rules, 2017’ will be open for suggestions from the public and other stakeholders for a month.

Thereafter, the rules will be finally notified by the transport department of the Delhi government with requisite changes, a senior transport department official said.

An apex monitoring panel, headed by the chief secretary of the Delhi government will be formed for implementation of the rules.

Within four months of notification of the rules, civic agencies, including the MCDs and the DDA will come out with ‘ Local Area Parking Plans’, including for residential areas.

The fees for parking on designated streets and lanes in residential areas will be decided by the civic agencies in consultation with the Resident Welfare Associations ( RWAs), the notification said.

Parking charges will be according to a base parking fee. It will be determined by the apex committee through a base parking fee panel that will be headed by the transport commissioner, it said.