Team Herald
PANJIM: Capital city’s MLA Atanasio Babush Monserrate has asked the Police Department to enforce valet parking at the multi-storey pay parking facility of Goa Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC).
Rolling out a plan for the Transport Department, the police as well as the Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) to decongest the of traffic chaos, Babush demanded enforcement of the existing laws and introduction of better mechanisms in handling the traffic situation of Panjim city.
He said, “One of the biggest problems is the entry of the heavy commercial vehicles in the city even after 9 am and then they remained parked throughout the day inside the city near the market place. Police will have to enforce the entry and exit timings for these vehicles strictly and not allow these vehicles to be parked on public spaces.”
He further said that the private transport buses, which are parked within the city after dropping their guests, will also be made to park outside the city area.
Stating that the DB Road gets congested due to parking of taxis operated by casinos and private vehicles of guests at the casinos, he said “I asked the department to call for a meeting of the stakeholders and all the casinos and implement valet parking by them at the multi-level parking facility of GTDC. This way people will get space to park their vehicles.”
Babush has also asked the CCP to implement pay parking in the city “to send a message to the people that every minute counts and space is important. One cannot leave the vehicle at one place for the whole day unnecessarily.”
CCP Mayor Uday Madkaikar informed that the CCP’s pay parking plans are ready. “On June 14, we are having our council meeting and in that we will finalise the tender for the pay parking facility. Initially we will implement pay parking only on DB Marg, 18th June Road and MG Road.”
