Authorities to disallow roadside parking

To streamline traffic in summer capital Srinagar, authorities are planning to intensify drive against wrong parking from today   

The move comes at a time when number of vehicles on cityroads is going to increases manifold following opening of schools from March11.

   

On average, as per officials, 30 wrongly parked vehicles aretowed everyday in winter while the number goes up to 70 during summers.

“Wrong parking has become nuisance in the city. This is oneof the major causes of traffic jams,” said an official of traffic department.

The J&K High Court had several times directedauthorities to ensure hassle free journey on city roads. In April 2017, theCourt observed that unauthorized bus stops and vendors impede traffic movementand directed state government to remove vendors from roads and allow passengervehicles to stop at designated bus stops only “as a short-term measure to doaway with traffic mess.”

The same month the Court directed the authorities to seizevehicle found parked on non-designated parking places at roads.

As the summer is approaching, authorities are aware aboutincrease in rush of vehicles on city roads. Traffic police issued an advisoryasking commuters that all wrongly parked vehicles will be seized.

“In compliance to the directions of the High Courtregarding wrong parking of vehicles, all motorists are hereby informed not topark their vehicles on roadside and ensure that the vehicles are parked only atdesignated parking places,” said Al Tahir Geelani, senior superintendentof police traffic city Srinagar.

Mushtaq Ahmad, a commuter said there were number of reasonsfor frequent traffic jams in city. “However, the wrong parking on roads is oneof the major reasons that can be ended with collective effort,” he said.

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