Bengaluru:
Congress minister Ramalinga Reddy has flagged issues over his personal authorities’s proposed parking coverage in Bengaluru, notably the plan to impose an annual roadside parking payment.
In a letter to Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, Reddy mentioned regulating unlawful and long-term roadside parking was mandatory to handle town’s rising visitors and parking issues. Nevertheless, he cautioned that the proposed annual costs might put a further monetary burden on middle-class and bizarre households.
Bengaluru residents in search of to park automobiles on public roads exterior their houses might must pay an annual residential parking payment of as much as Rs 25,000, relying on the car kind, underneath the draft GBA (Parking) Guidelines, 2026.
The draft guidelines suggest an annual residential parking allow payment of Rs 15,000 for hatchbacks, Rs 20,000 for sedans and Rs 25,000 for sports activities utility automobiles.
Reddy identified that many residents of older buildings and residential areas shouldn’t have sufficient parking amenities inside their premises. Whereas some residents with impartial homes and bigger plots might be able to park their automobiles inside their properties, a number of middle-class households dwelling in residences and older neighbourhoods have restricted parking house, the minister has identified.
He mentioned such households are already managing bills associated to dwelling and car loans, kids’s schooling, healthcare and every day requirements. Imposing a further annual parking payment of as much as Rs 25,000 might subsequently add considerably to their monetary burden, Reddy has mentioned.
Whereas Reddy welcomed measures to curb unlawful and extended roadside parking, he has advised that exemptions could possibly be thought of for normal car customers who shouldn’t have parking amenities inside their buildings.
Reddy has urged the federal government to rethink the proposed annual parking payment and maintain consultations with Bengaluru MLAs, resident associations, organisations and anxious officers earlier than taking a last resolution.
