Action against illegal parking in Delhi: The Delhi Traffic Police, Municipal Corporation of Delhi and New Delhi Municipal Council will develop a mobile application that will be used to take photographs of illegally parked vehicles and take action in real time, Raj Niwas officials said on Saturday. The decision to develop the app was taken during a review meeting on the city’s traffic situation that was chaired by Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Friday, they said.
During the meeting, illegal parking was highlighted as an area of concern that required immediate attention, and Saxena issued several directives to address the problem, officials said. They said photographs of illegally parked vehicles would be uploaded on the app, allowing real-time action to be taken.
As a pilot initiative, gardeners located in New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) areas will take photographs of illegally parked vehicles and upload them on the app for action. Officials are also exploring ways to incentivise gardeners to take responsibility.
The meeting was informed that the designated multi-level parking spaces were not being used, leading to overflow. The traffic police was directed to address this issue and ensure parking at the multi-level parking lots. It was also asked to incentivise the use of these spaces through substantial discounts, especially for electric vehicles.
The use of electric vehicles will also be encouraged to tackle pollution caused by vehicular emissions, officials added. Multi-level parking spaces at Kamla Nagar and Yusuf Sarai market will be prioritized as pilot projects, officials said.
To minimise bottlenecks caused while parking vehicles, it has been decided to implement angled parking instead of the current perpendicular method, they said.
The Lt Governor also directed the traffic police to enforce use of bus lanes by heavy vehicles and coordinate with the Delhi government’s transport department to scrap old police vehicles lying in scrap yards, they added.
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