CHANDIGARH: With the one week given to paid parking contractors of the city to equip the lots with smart features ended on Thursday, many things are yet to be put in place despite the municipal corporation (MC) claiming a majority of issues have been solved.
Haphazard parking is still a major problem, mainly in core commercial areas of the city. Vehicles can be seen parked in an improper manner, leading to chaos in the paid parking lots.
Besides, finding employees in the parking lots remains a huge task. After giving slips at the entry points and taking them at the exit points, the employees hardly can be seen inside the lots. Due to this anomaly, many times commuters park the vehicles in a haphazard manner instead of at the earmarked areas.
Shortage of cones and unavailability of machines in a couple of paid parking lots to issue slips have found a mention in the detailed report the parking branch submitted to the municipal commissioner. Proper functioning and recording of the CCTV cameras remains a major challenge in some of the paid parking lots. The mobile app is yet to be launched and some networking issues have not been resolved.
