SAD opposes double parking fee for cars registered outside Tricity; seeks immediate reversal

PTC Web Desk: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Wednesday vehemently objected to the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation's (MC) move to levy double parking fees on cars registered outside the Tricity, which includes Chandigarh, Mohali, and Panchkula. The SAD insisted that the decision be promptly reversed without any delay.

In a tweet, SAD leader Dr Daljit Singh Cheema mentioned that the Shiromani Akali Dal had already expressed its opposition to the decision during the House Session, where the party's city president and municipal councilor, Hardeep Singh Buterla, strongly objected to the move.

“Chandigarh is the capital of Punjab and daily thousands of people from the state visit the city for their official works. It will be an unnecessary penalty on all of them. SAD reminded UT Corp that this city was developed dislocating dozens of Punjab villages. So Corp should not behave in such a thankless way”, the tweet reads.

“Moreover it is unprecedented & a retrograde decision to discriminate amongst people of different states of the country on state to state basis. Everybody visiting the city beautiful should be treated at par”, Cheema said in his tweet.

The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation House on Tuesday approved free parking for all kinds of two-wheelers as well as electric two and four-wheelers in its upcoming 91 smart paid parking lots. However, it allowed a marginal hike in car rates and made it double for vehicles registered outside the Tricity.