For most of us living in the coastal villages, a weekly visit to Margao town is a must to stock up on supplies, entertainment or to seek medical advice. But driving into the town is a pain for car owners as they hardly manage to find a vacant parking slot.
Besides, the designated parking areas people park their cars in the middle of the road inconveniencing both oncoming traffic and people looking to park their vehicles. Many a time, a wrongly parked vehicle backing out bumps into a pedestrian causing bodily harm. To disincentivise the people from outside arriving in four wheelers, the Margao Municipal Council should levy a congestion tax on the car owners and make all parking paid as is done in major cities across the world.
The situation is so bad during the peak hours that one has to park one’s vehicle two kms away from the intended destination. Augmenting the public transport system with frequent trips possibly by using electric buses would ease matters to some extent, this would also reduce pollution.
