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PARKING




                                                                            thereby forcing vehicles to
                                                                            park on roads. Speaking as
                                                                            a government official and a
            Tech has to be brought into                                     service provider, she proposed
            play along with discussions                                     that rather than punishing
            with the enforcement                                            people by making them pay
            agency because we have                                          parking fees over and above
            a vested interest in a                                          the existing taxes, the agency
            certain outcome whereas a                                       needs to create parking
            government official                                             spaces as the first character
            has a different interest and                                    of the city, either by way of
                                                                            peripheral or vertical parking.
            when both teams sit
            together and come up with                                         There are fewer parking
            an idea, it is best for the city                                problems in a mall because
            and its people.                                                 it is well planned right from
                                                                            the development stage,
            – Smit Raturi                                                   said Damodaran. It is in
                                                                            the unplanned areas of the
                                                                            city, in market areas which
          others. Unfortunately, parking   reality is that there is no      get crowded, that are of
          is not considered an important   authority who actually checks    concern for parking. He
          aspect when planning a city.     if approved parking spaces       sought suggestions on how
          There is also no effective       are used for other purposes      to gear up the city for the
          monitoring and the ground        by small stalls or shops,        future with urban planning













































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