Parking chaos outside Metro stations in Lucknow

LUCKNOW: With a emerging number of people travelling through Metro now, a brand new drawback has cropped up. There is not any parking facility outside a lot of outstanding stations, leading to chaos for individuals who come in their non-public cars to board the Metro. Many passengers are forced to park their cars on the street or footpath, leading to site visitors bottlenecks.

Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) has equipped parking amenities at 13 of 21 Metro stations. The 8 stations not noted are Hussainganj, Sachivalaya, Hazratganj, IT College, Charbagh, Lekhraj, Mawaiya and KD Babu Singh stadium.

In a truth check, IdealNews discovered cars parked illegally near some of these Metro stations.

In Hazratganj, the heavy rush in the night led to a chock-a-block site visitors state of affairs on Tuesday. It used to be now not handiest commuters but even the Metro personnel had parked cars on the roadside and on footpath near the entry gates, creating nuisance for pedestrians. Police did not anything to test those violating the guideline. "There is no sign saying 'no-parking'. If this is illegal parking, the Metro should provide such signs. We have no other option other than to park our bikes here," said Parmish, who had come to pick out his wife and daughter from the Metro station.

TOI additionally discovered that a couple of commuters had given up the speculation of travelling through Metro due to unavailability of car parking zone. Worried that their cars would be towed away if they park in a no-parking zone, they wish to take no risk.

In Indiranagar, Sanjay Agarwal said, "My vehicle has been towed away a couple of times by police. They don't pay any attention to the fact that no parking space is available. I cannot risk this again to save a few minutes by Metro, so I don't take it."

Outside Lekhraj Metro station, businesswoman Anjali Gupta said, "I saw vehicles parked in front of Gate 1 and parked there. There was no sign warning otherwise."

In Hussainganj, Vishesh Jain said, "This area is already jammed due to heavy vehicular movement. Vehicles parked outside stations are eating into space on footpaths. But nobody is complaining because there is no other way out. Police act only when the situation is out of control."

At Mawaiya Metro station, Ashish Kashyap said, "The nearest station from my house is Mawaiya, which is 3km away. Several residents use the Metro but there is no parking here. We are forced to risk our vehicles by parking anywhere."

An LMRC respectable said, "We are planning to provide parking space in all stations left in the first place. Construction work will begin soon."