Two days after MiD DAY's report on ready car parks lying vacant, Sena leader Diwakar Raote spurs civic body to begin tender process
Two days after MiD DAY's report on ready car parks lying vacant, Sena leader Diwakar Raote spurs civic body to begin tender process
Motorists grumbling about the lack of parking space can heave a big sigh of relief. Two days after MiD DAY reported about 16 parking lots of the BMC lying vacant, the civic body has been pushed into action.
On July 18, MiD DAY carried a report about 16 parking lots lying vacant, which could provide over 2,000 vehicles place to park. ('BMC to 2,000 vehicles: No Entry'). 
MiD DAY report on July 18
Following the report, civic officials began the tender process and said that the parking lots would be open to traffic in a month's time.
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In fact, the BMC's standing committee chairman Rahul Shewale also received a call from Shiv Sena leader Diwakar Raote asking them to pull up their socks and open up the parking lots.
Initially, the vacant parking lots were handed over to the local ward offices with instructions to open them to public. However, now, authorities have demanded that the lots be handed over to the traffic department.
Aseem Gupta, the additional municipal commissioner said, "We have instructed the traffic department to take the details of the lots from the estates department, and and within 5-6 days the tenders would be invited."
He further added that these lots would be thrown open for the public use within a month or so.
Reiterating Gupta's stand, BMC's standing committee chairman Rahul Shewale told MiD DAY that the lots would be thrown open to the public within a month's time. Shewale added, "After receiving a call from Raote, Iu00a0 informed the officials to start the tender process."
Raote said he supported the cause and would raise the issue at the monsoon session.
"The number of vehicles plying on the roads is increasing day by day. Even though parking lots have been built to solve the problems, they are not used," Raote said.
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