Regarding the parking issue in Mohali, Punjab, Municipal Corporation Deputy Mayor Kuljit Singh Bedi has sent a legal notice to the Chief Secretary of the state government and the heads of 6 departments. He has said in the notice that there is a need to change the parking guidelines made in 2009. The conditions of the city have changed a lot in 16 years.
Today, there are fights over parking in every area. People are facing problems every day. Mohali has become a hub of commercial, IT and medical. This problem has become more serious due to this. If action is not taken in this direction, then he will go to the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
Facts and photographs provided
Deputy Mayor Kuljit Singh Bedi said that the city is developing at a very fast pace. At present, many hospitals and companies have come to the city. These companies are using those commercial sites for parking, which have not yet been auctioned by the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA).
These sites are to be sold by GMADA in the coming days. He has told the officials about this in detail. Apart from this, many places have been mentioned in the letter. Along with this, relevant photographs have also been provided. He said that this matter should be looked into now, otherwise we will have to face trouble later.
Continuously raising parking issue
Bedi has sent this legal notice to Chief Secretary Punjab, Principal Secretary of Housing and Urban Department, Transport Secretary, Mohali DC, CA Gmada and Municipal Corporation Commissioner. They have been asked to reply in four weeks. He said that he has been raising this matter for a long time, but it is not being taken seriously by the departments.
Lawyer lost his life in parking dispute
On 27 February 2013, in a residential area of Mohali, nine youths killed Punjab and Haryana High Court senior advocate Amarpreet Singh Sethi in a parking dispute. In this case, in the year 2017, the Mohali court sentenced all the culprits to life imprisonment.
