The Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation will soon start taking action to restore the mandatory parking space in commercial buildings and complexes and Hubballi-Dharwad Mayor Jyoti Patil issued a ruling in this regard during the monthly council meeting in Dharwad on Friday.
Issuing the ruling, Ms. Patil said that it was a matter of serious nature which should be addressed immediately considering the future growth of the twin cities.
The Mayor said that the municipal corporation authorities would subject to scrutiny the completion certificates (CC) issued to commercial complexes and apartment buildings over the past five years and if the requisite parking space was found to be encroached upon, then steps would be taken to clear the same.
Initiating the discussion on indiscriminate roadside parking due to lack of parking spaces in commercial buildings, floor leader Iresh Anchatageri alleged that as officials had issued the CC and occupancy certificates without proper inspection of parking facilities, residents were being forced to park vehicles on roads, pavements, which consequently had resulted in traffic jams.
Concurring with him, Councillor Vijayanand Shetty alleged that several multi-storey paying guest accommodations in Dharwad lacked parking facilities. In some areas, roads had been encroached upon and many localities did not have the required nine-metre-wide roads, he alleged.
