New Delhi, September 2
Terming parking one of the “most serious problems”, the Supreme Court Monday directed the Delhi government to ensure that proper assessment of parking needs for the next 25 years is done while granting permission for building any structure in the national capital.
The top court directed all civic bodies — the New Delhi Municipal Council, North Delhi Municipal Corporation, South Delhi Municipal Corporation, East Delhi Municipal Corporation and Delhi Cantonment Board — to ensure pavements in residential areas are cleared from all encroachments and made usable for pedestrians.
The apex court, which directed that the draft rules of the Delhi Maintenance and Management of Parking Places Rules, 2019, be notified at the earliest and not later than September 30, said it shall be the duty of all concerned to ensure the rules are enforced in “letter and spirit”.
The Delhi Maintenance and Management of Parking Places Rules, 2019, envisages area parking plans and gives priority to pedestrians or cyclists followed by mass public transport, emergency vehicles and others.
“The persons who have encroached upon pavements shall be given notice of 15 days to remove the encroachment and in case they fail to do so the encroachment shall be removed by the authority concerned at the cost of the encroacher which shall be recovered as arrears of land revenue,” the court said.
The court directed the Delhi government, municipal authorities and the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority to consider the viability and effectiveness of introducing Radio Frequency Identification tags, “parking guidance and information systems and last mile connectivity from parking spaces to commercial areas, institutions” and submit a report before it by September 30. — PTI
What court wants
1Assess NCR parking needs for next 25 years while clearing any new building plan
2Ensure pavements cleared from encroachments and made usable by pedestrians
3Notify Delhi Maintenance and Management of Parking Places Rules at earliest
4Put encroachers on 15-day notice; if they don’t relent, recover costs from them
5Consider viability of parking guidance, info systems
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