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NEWS







           Smart Parking
           Policy for
           Bhubaneswar

               o tackle the ever-
               growing parking menace
           Tin Bhubaneswar, the
           Commissionerate  Police,
           Bhubaneswar   Municipal
           Corporation and Bhubaneswar
           Development Authority are
           jointly formulating on a Smart
           parking policy for the city.
           According to Seshadeb Panda,
           General Manager, Smart City   for the city. “To make the city   construction of new pavement,   drains, etc. “In this road
           (Technology), Bhubaneswar   carbon-emission friendly, we   rehabilitation of existing   stretch, the entire one side is
           Smart City Ltd, the policy will   need to first identify whether   pavement, construction and/  dedicated to car parking, and
           take shape in the next three-  the city needs more parking   or rehabilitation of major and   is equipped with an AI-based
           four months and dissuade   space or multi-level parking   minor bridges, culverts, road   parking management system,”
           commuters from demanding   parks. What Bhubaneswar   intersections, interchanges,   Nath added.
           more parking space in the city.   needs is a holistic parking
           “The policy’s main objective is   policy with rules and regulation
           to improve public transport,   in place. Recently, we have              FORM IV
           non-motorized transport and   decided and identified a few   1.  Place of publication   Mumbai
           last-mile connectivity,” he said.   locations for  multi-level car   2.  Periodicity of publication  Bi-Monthly
             Consider  this:  around  one   parking along with vending   3.   Printer’s Name   Jayaprakash Krishnan Nair
           lakh new vehicles (10.4%)   zones.  Meanwhile,  to  stop   Nationality    Indian
           are being registered in   the reckless on and off-road      Address       B/202, Godavari CHS., Sector 9,
           Bhubaneswar every year.   parking,  we  have already                      Vasant Nagari, Vasai (E),
           And, with no alternative   declared six road stretches in                 Thane Dist., Maharashtra
           roads, there has been heavy   the city as no parking zones.”  4.  Publisher’s Name   Jayaprakash Krishnan Nair
           traffic congestion in the city.   Under the Smart City   Nationality      Indian
           Considering this, a decision   initiative, Bhubaneswar Smart      Address   B/202, Godavari CHS., Sector 9,
           has been taken to formulate   City Ltd has implemented                    Vasant Nagari, Vasai (E),
           area traffic management plan   Adaptive Traffic Signal                    Thane Dist., Maharashtra
           in consultation with experts in   Control System along with   5.  Editor’s Name   Mangala Chandran
           which there will be a separate   the provision of pelican signals   Nationality  Indian
           traffic plan for each area in   and blinkers. The project has      Address   21, Sea Spring, B.J. Road,
           the  city. Besides, steps will   already benefitted the citizens          Bandstand, Bandra (W),
           be taken to construct parallel   by  improving travel time,  &            Mumbai 400 050
           roads in the area where there   reliability, reducing congestion,   6.  Names and address of individuals who own the newspaper and
           is heavy traffic rush. The city   distribution of green phase   partners or shareholders holding more than one per cent of the total
           authorities are also considering   time equitably, faster response   capital.
           to impose dynamic pricing   to traffic conditions, providing        1.  Jayaprakash Krishnan Nair, B/202, Godavari CHS.,

                                                                      Sector 9, Vasant Nagari, Vasai (E), 401 208,
           policy for parking. “Whenever   timely emergencies and         Thane Dist., Maharashtra
           the demand is high for parking   support, and predicting traffic      2.   Jayaraman Nair, A-101, Meru, Sector 2, Vasant Nagari,
           space, prices will go up,   volumes including adjustment         Vasai (E) 401 208, Thane Dist., Maharashtra
           which will be updated on the   to signal timings. Besides,      3.  Mangala Chandran, 21, Sea Spring, B.J. Road,
           app. However, this is in initial   the BSCL is developing         Bandstand, Bandra (W), Mumbai 400 050, Maharashtra
           stages of discussion, and yet to   Smart Janpath project, a   I, Jayaprakash Krishnan Nair, hereby declare that the particulars given
           finalized,” Panda said.   5.8km road stretch equipped   above are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
             Sagarika Nath, Deputy   with streetscape design,                         Sd/-
           Commissioner of Police, Traffic   beautification, landscaping,             Jayaprakash Krishnan Nair
           mentioned why the smart   intersection redesign, and   Dated: March 1, 2020    Signature of Publisher
           parking policy is necessary   infrastructure upgrades with





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