Starting today, parking your vehicle in Lutyens’ Delhi to cost more

The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) accrued parking fees connected Tuesday. Earlier, a parking interest of Rs 20 was charged per hr for four-wheelers (with the maximum interest being Rs 100 for 24 hours), but present Rs 40 volition beryllium charged per hr (maximum Rs 200 for 24 hours). For two-wheelers, the interest is Rs 10 per hr (maximum Rs 50 for up to 24 hours) but present Rs 20 volition beryllium charged per hr (maximum Rs 100 for up to 24 hours).

However, the parking hike volition not beryllium applicable for on-street parking sites and monthly walk holders, the announcement issued by NDMC said.

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is yet to instrumentality a hike, contempt the GRAP II directive. Sources said an docket item, containing the proposal, needs to archetypal beryllium passed by the MCD House earlier the hike tin beryllium implemented. An point to quadruple the parking interest arsenic soon arsenic GRAP II is imposed was tabled successful the MCD gathering successful August but was postponed.

Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai, meanwhile, announced that the Delhi Metro volition tally other trips, much than 6,000 MCD unit volition assistance successful controlling roadworthy dust, and 1,800 much postulation unit volition beryllium posted astatine 97 congestion points.

Rai besides wrote to his counterparts successful neighbouring states of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Rajasthan to not nonstop diesel buses to Delhi. He alleged contamination from neighbouring states contributes importantly to the contamination levels here. “I impulse the cardinal authorities and CAQM to instrumentality anti-pollution measures successful BJP-ruled neighbouring states, from which a ample influx of buses enters Delhi,” helium said.

“We person written to the transport ministers of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, urging them to either halt the buses coming to Delhi oregon power to electrical buses,” helium added.

He further said the Delhi Metro volition marque 40 further bid trips regular starting Wednesday and the frequence of DTC buses volition besides beryllium accrued to promote radical to instrumentality nationalist transport to assistance the combat against pollution. “With the alteration successful upwind successful Delhi, we are besides witnessing an summation successful contamination levels. This inclination is not constricted to Delhi, it is being observed crossed North India,” helium said.

The curate said a gathering was held wherever measures were formulated to instrumentality the indispensable restrictions: “Water spraying volition beryllium increased. The MCD volition deploy 6,200 workers for this purpose. We person directed an summation successful h2o sprinkling astatine contamination hotspots. MCD has been instructed to commence this from October 25.”

According to officials, much than 500 teams from 13 antithetic departments person been deployed crossed the metropolis to show pollution-causing activities. Rai said each dedicated squad volition inspect 2 construction-demolition sites crossed the metropolis regular and taxable reports to “war rooms”.

Under GRAP Stage II, a prohibition connected the usage of ember and firewood, including tandoors astatine hotels, restaurants, and unfastened eateries, arsenic good arsenic diesel generator sets (except for exigency and indispensable services) has been imposed.