BHOPAL: Three weeks after the free vehicle parking was introduced,‘illegal parking’ tickets are still being dispensed in the state capital. Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) has yet to put up ‘free parking’ boards to inform citizens.
Uninformed citizens in various locations including MP Nagar are being charged by illegal operators . Their dressed resemble one provided by now abandoned parking operator. When confronted they agree BMC parking is free, but demand money since they are ‘taking care of the vehicles’. It would not be difficult to nab these illegal operators, as most of these locations are covered by BMC and police installed CCTV cameras. “You can call the police or the BMC. Nothing would happen,” said one such illegal operator in MP Nagar zone 1. The modus operandi involves charging monthly fee for blocking vehicle space for cars. Others wait for hookah bars and restaurant visitors to shell out premium parking cess.
