Divn commr for on-street parking zones on 75 roads

Nagpur: Divisional commissioner Vijayalakshmi Bidari on Thursday asked the Nagpur Municipal Corporation to declare on-street parking on 75 different roads of Nagpur.Bidari was addressing a meeting on parking challenges of Nagpur city, attended by joint commissioner of police Aswati Dorje, NIT chairman Manoj Kumar Suryavanshi, NMC commissioner Abhijeet Chaudhari, deputy commissioner of police Ashwini Patil and senior officials of various departments.Responding to the NMC’s reply that it had so far started on-street parking at 18 different locations, Bidari said the traffic police, NMC and public works departments should plan combined action on the parking issue. The divisional commissioner also said that concerned departments should review all the zones in the city and determine spaces for parking.Bidari also suggested a plan of action to sensitise people of Nagpur about the need to follow traffic rules and to implement permanent measures to realise the concept of an ‘accident-free city’.Other issues discussed were traffic signal project, traffic obstructions due to various development works in the city, parking facilities on various roads, traffic regulation during construction of cement roads, repair of potholes, use of new technology for traffic signals, availability of space in Khapri for city bus parking, accident-prone places, among others.