New Delhi: Five people died and six are critically injured after clashes broke out in a village in Faridabad on Sunday night over parking space. Reports said that tensions broke out in Palwali
village in Faridabad at around 9:30 PM late on Sunday night over parking space. Five men died, while six were admitted in the hospital with critical injuries. An FIR has been registered
against 25 people.
For people living in Delhi-NCR this is not a new incident, said a media report. Incidents of tussles between neighbours over parking space are not new, but what is worrisome is when these
feuds go up to this level, added the report.
Parking in Delhi is a huge problem. Infact, the number of registered vehicles in Delhi has crossed the 1 crore mark as of January 2017.
Traffic from NCR and neighbouring states mounts to the already increasing traffic and a lack of parking space.
Earlier this year, the Delhi administration came up with a draft parking policy for the national capital. As per this, more fees will be levied on the existing parking lots and the free ones will
be monetised. But will it help the Delhi’s parking woes?
Delhiites love to park on the road, despite many authorised and multilevel parking spaces available. Owing to that, the latest parking policy also plans to charge people for parking outside
their house. There will be extra fees for parking at peak hours.
The policy hasn’t been rolled out yet, and how the administration plans to implement it without making the parking condition worse in Delhi is still a mystery.
