MUMBAI: The Mumbai traffic police department is planning to implement an "odd-even" style of parking for cars in congested market spaces, the Bombay High Court used to be told on Wednesday.
The department has filed a sworn statement within the HC on behalf of the Joint Commissioner, Traffic.
The department told a bench of Justices Naresh Patil and GS Kulkarni that to begin with, the odd-even device will likely be allowed on a pilot basis, for cars within the Kalbadevi market space in South Mumbai.
The buyers and the public visiting the market will likely be allowed to "park their vehicles on one side of roads in the Kalbadevi area on an odd and even basis," reads the affidavit signed by Amitesh Kumar,Joint Commissioner of Police, Traffic.
As in line with the affidavit, a gathering used to be conducted previous final week between the traffic department and stake-holders of various markets.
In the meeting, the events realised that loss of good enough automobile parking space used to be one of the most major causes for traffic chaos within the space.
"Most of the stakeholders said that there is acute scarcity of automobile parking space out there spaces and that used to be adversely have an effect on on their business.
"Therefore, in an effort to facilitate clean traffic movement within the space and uninterrupted business actions, it has been made up our minds to provide various measures to decongest these spaces. Taking into consideration the deliberations at this meeting, it has been proposed to provide an odd-even parking device on the roads of markets in Kalbadevi space," it mentioned.
Public Prosecutor Poornima Kantharia, who gave the impression for the traffic department, told the HC that the traffic police have been in talks with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to implement various measures to assist cut back traffic woes no longer just in Kalbadrvi, however in different crowded market spaces across the city.
At this, the bench recommended that the government additionally join hands with the concerned municipal ward officers and the local police to assist implement these tips.
"If you contain the ward officers and make them in control of implementation of those measures, there's a greater likelihood that you can be successful," the bench mentioned.
The bench used to be hearinga Public Interest Litigation filed by a city resident, Rakesh Shukla, elevating concerns over traffic congestion in south Mumbai.
The traffic department had previous informed the court that it had constituted a unique committee including a professional from IIT Bombay, to get a hold of remedial measures.
The bench has now granted 4 weeks to the traffic department to submit a document on the growth made in imposing the above measures.
The department has filed a sworn statement within the HC on behalf of the Joint Commissioner, Traffic.
The department told a bench of Justices Naresh Patil and GS Kulkarni that to begin with, the odd-even device will likely be allowed on a pilot basis, for cars within the Kalbadevi market space in South Mumbai.
The buyers and the public visiting the market will likely be allowed to "park their vehicles on one side of roads in the Kalbadevi area on an odd and even basis," reads the affidavit signed by Amitesh Kumar,Joint Commissioner of Police, Traffic.
As in line with the affidavit, a gathering used to be conducted previous final week between the traffic department and stake-holders of various markets.
In the meeting, the events realised that loss of good enough automobile parking space used to be one of the most major causes for traffic chaos within the space.
"Most of the stakeholders said that there is acute scarcity of automobile parking space out there spaces and that used to be adversely have an effect on on their business.
"Therefore, in an effort to facilitate clean traffic movement within the space and uninterrupted business actions, it has been made up our minds to provide various measures to decongest these spaces. Taking into consideration the deliberations at this meeting, it has been proposed to provide an odd-even parking device on the roads of markets in Kalbadevi space," it mentioned.
Public Prosecutor Poornima Kantharia, who gave the impression for the traffic department, told the HC that the traffic police have been in talks with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to implement various measures to assist cut back traffic woes no longer just in Kalbadrvi, however in different crowded market spaces across the city.
At this, the bench recommended that the government additionally join hands with the concerned municipal ward officers and the local police to assist implement these tips.
"If you contain the ward officers and make them in control of implementation of those measures, there's a greater likelihood that you can be successful," the bench mentioned.
The bench used to be hearinga Public Interest Litigation filed by a city resident, Rakesh Shukla, elevating concerns over traffic congestion in south Mumbai.
The traffic department had previous informed the court that it had constituted a unique committee including a professional from IIT Bombay, to get a hold of remedial measures.
The bench has now granted 4 weeks to the traffic department to submit a document on the growth made in imposing the above measures.
Mumbai: 'Odd-even' parking in crowded markets?
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