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Lokhandwala parking issue: Residents demand alternate solutions
Updated On: 27 September, 2019 02:14 PM IST | Mumbai | Prajakta Kasale
With a few exceptions of old buildings, most of the buildings in Lokhandwala township have enough space for parking. But despite that hundreds of commuters end up in a traffic jam every day, due to illegal parking menace
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Residents of Lokhandwala township in Kandivali East, who found the solution in pay and park system for the growing menace of vehicles parked in the narrow lanes must wait for another month as the BMC received dull responses twice and now is in the process to invite tenders for the third time. With a few exceptions of old buildings, most of the buildings in Lokhandwala township have enough space for parking. But despite that hundreds of commuters end up in a traffic jam every day, due to illegal parking menace. The already narrow lanes of the area block with auto-rickshaws and heavy vehicles from surrounding and the residents feel helpless despite several complaints to local corporator, police and BMC ward office.
After several meetings with the traffic police, local political representatives and residents, the BMC had decided to start a pay and park zones on ten roads. The civic body invited tenders in the last week of July but didn’t get the response. A civic official said, “As per the civic body’s criteria we set the target occupancy rate at 80 per cent for daytime and 40 per cent for night-time and apply changes accordingly. It came to around R17.5 lakh.” But the ward office didn’t get any response.
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