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Commuters astatine the Rajiv Gandhi autobus terminus connected Maraimalai Adigal Salai successful Puducherry are facing terrible inconveniences owed to inadequate parking abstraction successful the paid parking lot. Two-wheeler users are being forced to parkland connected constrictive roads adjacent to the autobus stand, disrupting postulation flow.
Given its existent capacity, paid parking is imaginable for astir 400 two-wheelers astatine a clip wrong the autobus terminal. However, the parking batch is often full, and implicit 100 vehicles are turned distant connected mean days portion connected weekends much vehicles are refused introduction for privation of space.
As a result, two-wheeler users are near with nary different prime than to parkland their vehicles connected the broadside of Iyyanar Kovil Street, adjacent to the parking lot. Motorists besides parkland their vehicles successful the beforehand broadside of the autobus stand.
The Iyyanar Kovil Street wherever the depot and bureau of the Government-run Puducherry Road Transport Corporation (PRTC) is located remains choked owed to haphazard parking passim the time causing hardship to autobus drivers successful taking their vehicles retired of the depot.
No covered parking
The lack of covered parking country is different issue. Hundreds of commuters who commute to Chennai, Villupuram and Cuddalore connected a regular ground are apprehensive to parkland their vehicles owed to the lack of a unafraid and covered parking astatine the autobus terminus.
The parking batch remains unfastened with nary guards to support a ticker implicit the parked vehicles. The contractor collects ₹10 to parkland a two-wheeler for up to 12 hours and ₹20 for 24 hours.
“There is nary information for the parked vehicles. Accessories whitethorn spell missing portion the vehicles besides get damaged owed to choky parking spaces. The municipality should deploy guards and supply a extortion truthful that the vehicles enactment harmless and bash not get damaged,” said A. Ashwin, a resident.
“There is nary spot to safely parkland two-wheelers. People travelling to different cities are particularly concerned. Those who travel to driblet disconnected oregon prime up passengers besides conflict to find space. The parking abstraction should beryllium expanded to easiness postulation congestion caused by roadside parking,” said A.C. Velarasan, a nonmigratory of Iyyanar Kovil Street.
Despite prohibition connected introduction of two-wheelers into the autobus stand, vehicles proceed to participate the premises and are parked successful autobus bays causing hardship to some the autobus unit and the commuters.
Though the constabulary had banned the introduction of two-wheelers, autorickshaws and cars wrong the autobus stand, galore conveyance users proceed to interruption the rules and parkland their vehicles. This causes inconvenience portion parking buses, said a autobus operator who wanted the prohibition to beryllium enforced strictly.
Official response
An authoritative of the Puducherry Smart City Development Limited (PSCDL) said a connection was enactment guardant to physique a extortion with a solar-powered parking canopy successful the terminus. However, the connection failed to materialise. On deficiency of parking space, helium said that different parking batch connected the north-east broadside of the terminus had been readied for parking of two-wheelers. The parking batch has capable abstraction but it lone requires due coordination and monitoring, helium said.
