MC commissioner to meet paid parking contractors today

Chandigarh: Finally, MC commissioner Anindita Mitra called paid parking contractors on Wednesday for a one-to-one meeting over parking management, installation of smart paid parking features in parking lots and other issues.
The paid parking contractors will come with details and data of works they have completed so far as well as their plan for the near future.Other officers concerned will attend the meeting, the first between the new MC commissioner and paid parking contractors of the city.
Making the announcement during the monthly general house meeting on Tuesday, MC commissioner Anindita Mitra said, “A detailed report has been prepared on paid parking comprising all the issues. I am going to hold a meeting with paid parking contractors on Wednesday to discuss related issues in this regard. Action will be taken in cases of violation in paid parking lots.”
Chaos broke out in the previous monthly general house meeting held on Tuesday, as councillors of the opposition party, Congress, blamed the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for mismanagement in paid parking lots and absence of smart features. Heated arguments broke out between mayor Ravikant Sharma and opposition councillors Devinder Singh Babla and Satish Kainth. Both of them went to the well of the general house assembly while protesting against anomalies in paid parking lots of the city.
Replying to the issue, mayor Ravikant Sharma said that paid parking contractors were being constantly penalised for violations and not making the lots fully smart. He also slammed the opposition over alleged mishandling of the lots.
The issue of absence of smart features in paid parking lots cropped up when adviser to the administrator Dharam Pal discussed the issue in detail and raised questions on the management of the parking lots and their failure to install smart features.