Soon You May Get Rs 500 Reward For Reporting Wrongly Parked Vehicle, Gadkari Hints At New Law
Vehicles parked at non-authorised spots and on roadsides are a feature of almost every Indian city.
This, however, can cause a great amount of discomfort to others including those driving vehicles and those on foot.
Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has said that he is contemplating a legislation to curb the practice of wrongly parked vehicles on streets, which often results in the clogging of roads.
Rs 500 reward for reporting wrong parking?
He has hinted that a person sending photograph of a wrongly parked vehicle may get a reward of Rs 500 in case the fine works out to be Rs 1,000.
"Main ek kanoon laane wala hun ki road par jo vehicle khadi karega, uska joh mobile se photo nikal kar bhejega, usko agar Rs 1,000 fine hoga, toh Rs 500 photo nikalane wale ko milega. Toh parking ka problem solve ho jayega (I am going to bring a law under which a person sending photograph of a wrongly parked vehicle will get Rs 500 if the total fine works out to be Rs 1,000. Then the problem of parking will be solved)," he said.
People are parking on the roads
The minister regretted that the people do not make parking spaces for their vehicles, instead, their vehicles occupy the road.
"My cook in Nagpur also owns two second hand vehicles... Now, a family of four members has six vehicles. It appears that Delhiites are lucky people as we have made road for parking of their vehicles...Nobody makes parking spaces, most of them park their vehicles on streets," he said.
It is unclear how serious the minister was when he talked about rewarding those reporting wrongly parked vehicles.
Gadkari's other laws
Gadkari is no stranger to making such suggestions.
Last year he had said that he was planning to bring a law under which only the sound of Indian musical instruments can be used as a horn for vehicles.
"An artist composed a tune of All Indian Radio and it was played early in the morning. I am thinking of using that tune for ambulances so that people feel pleasant. It is so irritating, especially after ministers pass by, the sirens are used at full volume. This also harms the ears," he had said.
The minister further said that he was also studying the sirens used by ambulances and police vehicles and replacing them with a more pleasant tune played on the All India Radio.
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