Lack of adequate parking space in malls, multiplexes and other commercial complex es is causing great inconvenience to the people of the city. The crisis gets aggravated on holidays when these places witness larger crowds.
Parking is a huge problem in the city with commercial complexes and multiplexes having inadequate space. And if it's peak hours then there is no end to the problem, as you have to take your car or two-wheeler to a nearby by-lane and park therein. Some of the places in the city where there are parking problems are Lifestyle, Care Hospital, Banjara Hills, City Centre, Hyderabad Central, IMAX, etc.
T. Srikanth, deputy general manager, operations of IMAX claims that they have the biggest parking place for a theatre and mall. He says that at any point of time around 2,000 cars and 2,000 two-wheelers are parked in their own parking place, beside the mall and the cellar. "Huda has also provided a car parking area right in front of the mall having a parking space of 200 cars. However we agree that with the huge crowd coming in to Prasads and IMAX daily, we do face a parking crisis. But it is not possible for us to increase the parking space any further," he says.
Anil Awasthi, an employee of Bambino Industries says that parking is a regular problem in Hyderabad. "Even on M.G. Road and R.P. Road in Secunderabad, there is a parking problem with shops lined on both sides of the roads. Once I had gone to R.P. Road for some work in the evening and had to go all the way to Paradise to park my vehicle and then walked all the way back to take my vehicle. Sometimes the parking place is inadequate and most of the times, the cops present ask you not to park your vehicle as the parking place is full and to take your vehicle ahead and find a suitable place," he says.
Majority of the commuters have faced similar problems at some point of time and say that they have had a harrowing experience. Sometimes they have even had to park their vehicles on the roads, which causes problems for commuters. Venkat Ramdass, who shops regularly at Ameerpet says, "Most of the times, we have to park our vehicles on the roadside, as there is no parking place in the smaller malls."
T. Ramsudhakar, traffic, ACP II says that malls have to get their plan approved by MCH.
"Most of the times they don't keep adequate parking areas and hence people have to park their cars on the road, which adds to traffic woes. The problem is worse at Aditya Trade Centre in Ameerpet and other places. Such places should take up alternative parking places to ease the problem," he adds.
Even in Hyderabad Central though there is space in the basement there is a crisis on weekends when there is a huge inflow of people. Uday Kumar of Hyderabad Central, says that as parking problem is getting worse, they are working on suitable options.
Source: DC
Parking is a huge problem in the city with commercial complexes and multiplexes having inadequate space. And if it's peak hours then there is no end to the problem, as you have to take your car or two-wheeler to a nearby by-lane and park therein. Some of the places in the city where there are parking problems are Lifestyle, Care Hospital, Banjara Hills, City Centre, Hyderabad Central, IMAX, etc.
T. Srikanth, deputy general manager, operations of IMAX claims that they have the biggest parking place for a theatre and mall. He says that at any point of time around 2,000 cars and 2,000 two-wheelers are parked in their own parking place, beside the mall and the cellar. "Huda has also provided a car parking area right in front of the mall having a parking space of 200 cars. However we agree that with the huge crowd coming in to Prasads and IMAX daily, we do face a parking crisis. But it is not possible for us to increase the parking space any further," he says.
Anil Awasthi, an employee of Bambino Industries says that parking is a regular problem in Hyderabad. "Even on M.G. Road and R.P. Road in Secunderabad, there is a parking problem with shops lined on both sides of the roads. Once I had gone to R.P. Road for some work in the evening and had to go all the way to Paradise to park my vehicle and then walked all the way back to take my vehicle. Sometimes the parking place is inadequate and most of the times, the cops present ask you not to park your vehicle as the parking place is full and to take your vehicle ahead and find a suitable place," he says.
Majority of the commuters have faced similar problems at some point of time and say that they have had a harrowing experience. Sometimes they have even had to park their vehicles on the roads, which causes problems for commuters. Venkat Ramdass, who shops regularly at Ameerpet says, "Most of the times, we have to park our vehicles on the roadside, as there is no parking place in the smaller malls."
T. Ramsudhakar, traffic, ACP II says that malls have to get their plan approved by MCH.
"Most of the times they don't keep adequate parking areas and hence people have to park their cars on the road, which adds to traffic woes. The problem is worse at Aditya Trade Centre in Ameerpet and other places. Such places should take up alternative parking places to ease the problem," he adds.
Even in Hyderabad Central though there is space in the basement there is a crisis on weekends when there is a huge inflow of people. Uday Kumar of Hyderabad Central, says that as parking problem is getting worse, they are working on suitable options.
Source: DC
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