The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) chief Praveen Pardeshi recently asked assistant commissioners of all 24 wards to identify five housing societies per ward that are willing to open up their empty parking lots for public use during the day. As per the plan, the housing societies will lease their parking lots during the day when residents take out their cars. “The parking authority had earlier worked with the ward staff to identify such housing societies, but the concept did not take off as we received a poor response from housing societies. Vinod Sampat of the Co-operative Societies Residents Welfare Association said, “Why should any housing society allow a stranger to come in? The government should instead ensure that all new buildings have enough parking space,” said Sampat.

Source: Hindustan Times July 21, 2019 19:07 UTC