Underground Parking lots

The number of vehicles in Delhi outnumber all other metropolitan cities combined. This huge automobile population has created problems in the capital city. Whether we talk about frequent ( & regular ) traffic jams, difficulty to find a parking slot in Delhi or any other problem related to this growth in enumbers of vehicles.

The parking lots ( at prime /commercial area ) are always crowded.Wenever one finds a place to park the vehicle ,the strange behavior of attendants is enough to put you off. The alternative has to searched. Not to speak about unauthorised 'parking mafia',which rules more tahn half of Delhi in connivance with the corrupt people in administration.

Now the solutions are being looked at. One such welcome proposal has come last week. Now the new parking lots are envisaged ,without directly affecting any vehicle owners.

So Delhi is going to have, for the first time in India (?) ,parking lots under the Parks. This proposal insures enancement of greenry as well as new parking space ( at some places it likely to creat multi-level parking, below the surface). This may reduce the extent of the problem.



in Holland, they are planning a sub-city in capital Amsterdam,which is also underground. This trend is catching up the planners all over the world. But it is not feasible verywhere.It it works in some areas in New Delhi, delhites should consider themeselves lucky. It is only recentlky that there was a huge controversy over the metro railway tarck in parts of south /central Delhi. The issue was whether it shpoud be above ground level or underground.



In 1989, when I visited Pyongyang, capital of DPR Korea, I was impressed by the underground railway system. They had three tiers of metro system ,connecting the entire capital city.



The proposed parking facility has been announced and the tenders have already been floated.

Let us all hope that it will prove successful and help delhites .