Pay parking for two- and four-wheelers for 24 hours on nine Panaji stretches

PANAJI: The corporation of the city of Panaji (CCP) has decided to include two wheelers in the city’s proposed pay parking scheme, which will be implemented on nine stretches. The corporation has also decided to increase the pay parking timings from 12 to 24 hours and also include Sundays and public holidays.
While four wheelers will be charged Rs 20 for the first hour and subsequently Rs 15 for every additional hour, two wheelers will be charged Rs 4 for up to four hours and Rs 8 for between 4 and 12 hours.Beyond that, up to 24 hours, Rs 15 will be charged.

The Campal residential area has been included under the pay parking scheme too after CCP received a representation from residents.
‘Licences will be cancelled if same vehicles picked up’
Mayor Uday Madkaikar said that they complained of buses and other heavy vehicles using the area for parking, and thus the area was included under the pay parking scheme.

CCP on Wednesday deferred the proposal of reserving areas for taxi operators in the city after Madkaikar told the corporators that a survey showed that more than 500 tourist taxi vehicles were found occupying parking spaces in the capital city.
Some corporators suggested a taxi stand be set up while others said all tourist taxis should be forced to park at the multi-storied parking complex at Patto. Former mayor Surendra Furtado supported the suggestion to move the vehicles out of the city while corporator Menino Da Cruz opposed to the move. Furtado reminded the corporators of the time the official vehicle of the mayor during his tenure was clamped by the director general of police himself.
Madkaikar said that traffic police and CCP have begun cracking down on multiple yellow number plated two wheelers registered in offices in Chimbel and outside Panaji, but occupying parking spaces in the city and footpaths.
“If we find that the same vehicles are being picked up repeatedly, we will ask the RTO to cancel the licence,” Madkaikar told corporators at the meeting.