Saar: This ruling will be implemented in Bengaluru by the end of next year.
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A few will remember but a while back the transport department proposed to restrict registration of new vehicles if the buyers did not have legal parking spaces. It seems that proposal will be implemented sometime next year to cure the congestion on the roads of Bengaluru, Karnataka.
According to a media report, the state transport minister, DC Thammanna, said that before it is implemented, several campaigns will be undertaken to encourage people to use carpool and public transport over their private vehicles. These campaigns will be carried out with the help of the Urban Development Department. If there is no improvement in congestion on the roads of Bengaluru, the proposed ruling will be implemented, he added. Thammanna reportedly said that an opinion will be taken from the people of the city before that day arrives.
If there is less congestion on the roads, it more-or-less translates to less air pollution. That’s the positive side. But before putting this ruling into effect, the state government will have to make the public transportation system a lot more robust. The use of electric buses should further bolster the government’s efforts of curbing the pollution problem.
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To address those gaps, Thammanna reportedly said that some metro corridor endpoints in Bengaluru do have public feeder services. That needs urgent attention. Moreover, the transport department will introduce 80 electric buses on the streets of Karnataka’s capital city. A plea for an additional 70 electric buses has also been put through, he added.
All in all, to stop congestion and reduce air pollution, the government has decided to reject vehicle registration if there is no valid parking available. If this results in what the government is targeting, this ruling might catch on to other congested and polluted cities in the country. Next possible city? Definitely Mumbai!
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In November last year, union minister Nitin Gadkari proposed that people should click a photograph of an incorrectly parked vehicle and send it to the concerned authorities. The offender will be fined Rs 500 and the reporter will be given a reward of Rs 50. Gadkari also mentioned that the Motor Vehicle Act might get revised with this ruling soon.
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