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Selma,
Planning laws in Panjim now make it compulsory for all new commercial
structures to have underground parking. There are also plans to build
multi-storeyed pay parking structures in atleast three palces in the
heart of Panjim(Market, Municipal Garden and CCP headquarters). The
parking facility at the market should be ready and functional any day
now.
If you visit Panjim you will be pleasantly surprised to find an army of
fluorescent-jersey clad traffic wardens (all women!), ruthlessly
clamping the wheels of all illegally parked cars. People have now
resorted to staying in their cars while illegally stationed to avoid
fines.
This is not to say that it has become easier to find parking in Panjim
nowadays. With approximately a thousand new vehicles being bought every
month, these measures are barely sufficient, and I don't know if
similar steps are being taken in other urban centres.
Sunith
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Sunith D Velho
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