Now, women-only parking in Gurgaon malls

GURGAON: Most women drivers in the city are not aware of the reserved parking facility for them in certain malls.
Sonam Bhalla, 32, said, "I've never heard of the facility of reserved parking for women. But, malls and hotels should have it".
Loveena Bohra, 29, said, "I often catch up with my girlfriends for dinner, and we are scared to go to the parking lot alone." This lack of awareness is because such parking is either new or there is no direction signboard leading towards the reserved parking area.Barkha Gupta, 43, said, "I don't know of any exclusive parking for ladies. They should have big signboards at the entrance to at least inform us."
Metropolis and Metropolitan malls, on MG Road, do not have reserved parking for women. "I didn't know about the reserved parking, but now that I do, I still won't use it. It'll only make it obvious to others that I am travelling without a male companion," said 19-year-old Ragini Bajpai, customer at the Metropolitan Mall.
Owing to lack of safety in the city for them, women prefer to come early in the day and leave by 8pm. A customer at City Centre Mall, Sheetal Malik, said, "I will leave latest by 7:30pm even though the sale is at its peak."
City Centre Mall has 20 reserved parking slots for women on both the parking floors. Lately in the news for the gang rape of a woman, Sahara Mall has reserved six parking slots for women and senior citizens for the last two months. Niti Khurana, 26, said, "The reserved parking for women in Sahara Mall is not adequate. Female employees come and occupy the slots in the morning, and shoppers like me have to park in the common area, so how is the reservation helping."
Ambience Mall has made the facility functional since last week. It is available at level B1 only, while work is in progress at level B2 and B3. Altogether, it'll have almost 200 parking slots reserved for women.
Parking manager Pratap said, "For the convenience and better safety of women, we have reserved 20 parking slots for them on level B1, while work is in progress on the other levels. But, we'll make an exception for senior citizens to park there."