Delhi Pollution parking fee double in ndmc area till january 2024 full details

Delhi Parking Fee Hike : The ‘hazardous’ level of pollution in Delhi has made life difficult for people. For the past few weeks, the Air Quality Index (AQI) of the capital and surrounding areas has been in the severe and poor category. The rain had cleared the weather a bit, but the fireworks on Diwali polluted the air again. This challenge may increase in the coming days, so government measures have been started. To ensure that people in Delhi use private vehicles as little as possible, NDMC has doubled the parking fee in its area.

According to a PTI report, there are a total of 91 parking sites in the NDMC area. Out of these, 41 are managed by the NDMC. The maintenance of the rest has been outsourced to other agencies. Parking lots between Rajpath and AIIMS fall in the NDMC area. These include Sarojini Nagar Market, Khan Market, Lodhi Road, INA and Safdarjung. There is a lot of vehicle traffic at these places.

In order to encourage citizens to use public transport to reduce the air pollution, NDMC enhanced Parking fees (off road/on road) to twice of the existing fee for parking managed by NDMC through its own staff till 31st January 2024.
The decision taken in terms of guidelines of CAQM pic.twitter.com/zNnOziMOwQ

— New Delhi Municipal Council Official (@tweetndmc) November 14, 2023

Now an official notification has said that in view of the seasonal conditions, the parking fee on the parking area managed by NDMC has been doubled till 31 January 2024. The notification states that the purpose of this decision is to discourage people from using private vehicles.

It has also been said that this decision has been taken as per the fourth phase of ‘Graded Action Response Plan’ (GRAP) implemented in Delhi due to the pollution situation. Talking about parking fees, currently 20 rupees per hour is charged in NDMC parking area. This is a maximum of 100 rupees per day. For two wheelers, 10 rupees per hour or 50 rupees per day has to be paid. This fee will now be doubled and will affect people’s pockets.