Sole motive of steep hike in parking rates by MCD is to help the parking mafia

Sole motive of steep hike in parking rates by MCD is to help the parking mafia

From: Media Cell AAP  Thu, 16 Oct '14 7:10p

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Sole motive of the steep hike in parking rates announced by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation and likely to be followed by other two corporations soon, is to serve the interests of parking mafia flourishing with political patronage across the national capital.

There is no logic in hiking the parking rates in the city when the three BJP-controlled corporations have miserably failed in meeting the targets of providing sufficient legalized parkings.

The municipal corporations have outsourced the parking lots to private contractors and with active connivance of local political contacts, these unauthorized parking lots are mushrooming across the city.

There are no uniform parking rates and the MCD is allowing the private contractors to fleece the people in order to allow their contacts to make money through unjustified means.

The MCD needs to answer the question that when it is unable to provide basic amenities to people how does it justify its decision to announce such a steep hike ?

What is shocking is that the MCD has turned a blind eye to the thriving business of outsourced illegal parkings across the city and it has no details of how many of its parking lots are authorized and how many are functioning illegally.

The Aam Aadmi Party is of the clear view that when the MCD has no idea how much revenue will be generated from this proposed hike and how it proposes to utilize it, then there is no justification in having taken this decision.

The AAP will launch a campaign against the MCD to expose its inefficiency and connivance in corruption with the sole intention of helping the parking mafia, which has become a source of permanent harassment for the public.   

Regards,

AAP Media cell