The pay-and-park system proposed on six major roads in the city, including D. Devaraj Urs Road, has drawn opposition and criticism from a section of people who have urged the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) not to go ahead with its plan.
The 65-member MCC council, in its recent meeting, passed a resolution to introduce parking fees on Urs Road, Sayyaji Rao Road, Vinoba Road, Dhanwantri Road, Ashoka Road and Sri Harsha Road and Town Hall. The council resolved to introduce the new parking system to address parking woes faced in the city centres. On a trial basis, it decided to first launch the system on Urs Road, Ashoka Road and Sayyaji Rao Road.
The Mysuru Rakshana Vedike has opposed the move and suggested that the MCC must open the Town Hall multi-level parking which is yet to see the light of the day even after a decade. The Town Hall parking can address the parking problems on D. Devaraj Urs Road. The Gaadi Chowka area can also be used for parking, asking the shopkeepers to maintain the facility.
