This story is from June 15, 2019

Pay parking on two city roads from July 1

After a hiatus of three years, the Corporation of the City of Panaji has decided to restart pay parking in the capital city, that is starved for parking spaces
Pay parking on two city roads from July 1
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PANAJI: After a hiatus of three years, the Corporation of the City of Panaji has decided to restart pay parking in the capital city, that is starved for parking spaces.
The CCP on Friday resolved to begin with just two roads, 18th June Road and Atmaram Borkar Road.
City mayor Uday Madkaikar said four-wheelers would be charged Rs 20 for the first two hours and Rs 10 for every subsequent hour for parking on these two busy roads.
Two-wheelers will be charged Rs 5 for the first four hours and Rs 2 for every additional hour.
CCP commissioner Shashank Tripathi said the corporation will be more careful this time and will ensure that the contractor deposits a bank guarantee so there is no loss to the exchequer.
“Fighting cases in court is not finally good for the corporation,” Tripathi said.
CCP’s last pay parking contractor Straight Deal Services still owes the corporation money and the case is pending in court.
While some corporators suggested introducing pay parking for other roads including MG Road, Tripathi said, according to feedback from the police, it was decided that pay parking would be feasible on 18th June Road and AB Road to begin with.

Earlier CCP had introduced pay parking in
Café Bhonsle zone, MG Road, Panaji municipal market area, Vishal Mega Mart lane, 18th June Road, 31st January Road, Old Post Office area, Campal heritage zone and Campal service road from Dr Lily Sukhija’s house to directorate of health services. Sixty workers were engaged in collecting pay parking fees.
At the time the pay parking fees were Rs 15 for 4-12 hours and Rs 20 for more than 12 hours for four-wheelers and Rs 8 for 4-12 hours and Rs 15 for above 12 hours for two-wheelers.
Following complaints from corporators that other roads were congested and had people parking haphazardly, the CCP decided that once the casino vehicles moved to the multi-level parking complex, it would then enforce the no parking zones in the city.
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