Lieutenant-Governor Anil Baijal on Wednesday directed the Delhi Transport Commissioner to develop a “doable comprehensive parking policy” in order to regulate vehicles on the city roads, during a monthly review meeting over the issue.
Mr. Baijal also intends to preside over a department-wise presentation on proposed solutions in time for the next review meet scheduled 3 weeks later, sources said.
According to the sources, Mr. Baijal, who has been consistently following up on the issue after taking over from his predecessor Najeeb Jung on December 31, also directed officials concerned to focus on the recommendations of an Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) report related to efficient parking practices, prepared in 2012.
EPCA report
“Deliberations included the LG directing different departmental representatives to revisit the EPCA report, study it and give their comments on the solutions to the issue of parking at the next review meet,” said the source.
Another official added that the aim now was to evolve a parking policy which was both inclusive of area-specific requirements as well as comprehensive.
A Delhi government source said the AAP dispensation was not only in agreement with the L-G's efforts towards the formulation of such a policy, but was also hopeful that one of its own decisions to penalise illegal parking in the vicinity of government installations would be a part of it.
‘Need-based solutions’
The interim meeting at the Raj Niwas here was attended by Delhi Chief Secretary, chairman, New Delhi Municipal Council, commissioners of the three municipal corporations, secretary, Public Works Department, commissioner, Transport, CMD, Delhi Transport Corporation and special commissioner of police, traffic.
“For need based parking solutions, Comm (Transport) to evolve a doable comprehensive parking policy with traffic police, DDA, MCDs & PWD,” the L-G later tweeted.
According to a senior official from the L-G Secretariat, the meeting focussed on reviewing progress related to the formulation of the policy on the ground and to ascertain whether coordination between different departments was smooth.
