High-profile residents of posh society include Ajeenkya DY Patil, Kalpana Morparia, Sonjoy Chatterjee
The parking nuisance at Prabhadevi has reached new heights. Those parking illegally and haphazardly outside the gate of Ahuja Co-operative Society are threatening the residents to not complain to traffic police. They have also terrorised the residents into allowing them to park or face the consequences. The residents fear that their vehicles won't be allowed to pass out from the society gate.
Some of the high profile business tycoons - Ajeenkya DY Patil, chairman of Ajeenkya DY Patil Group, Kalpana Morparia, chief executive officer of JP Morgan, Sonjoy Chatterjee, managing director of Goldman are the members of Ahuja Co-operative society at Rajbhau Desai Marg, Prabhadevi. The residents have been complaining to traffic police commissioner about the parking menace through Twitter, emails and MTP app but no action has been taken so far.
They also approached the traffic police commissioner about the issue about there has been no change in the scenario. They have been filing complaints from the past three years but nothing has changed, grieve the residents.
As per the complaint, the water tankers, 18 seater buses, two and four wheelers have been parking their vehicles along both the sides of Rajbhau Desai Marg. These vehicles are parked in an angular, double and triple rows. Society member also stated that they are ready to sponsor the required number of signboards and provide for any other expenditure, if necessary.
(Tractors, cars and taxis parked haphazardly in front of Ahuja Co-operative Society)
Speaking with DNA, Dr Ajeenkya DY Patil said, "The people who parked their vehicle in our area are threatening us to not complain to traffic police, or they will make the the situation worse for us. Most of the time big trucks park in front of the building to load and unload goods. We have complained about a thousand times to the traffic police but nothing has been done. I have missed important meetings have got late to work many times. We spend about 15 minutes for getting out of the area." Prince Goyal, secretary of Ahuja Co-operative Society said, "Narrow lanes have become narrower due to double and triple parking. It is sometimes impossible for a even a single car to pass. This creates traffic." The issue doesn't end here. Another resident said, "There are some miscreants who park the vehicle and consume alcohol while in the car at night."
Joint commissioner of traffic police Madhukar Pandey said, "In Mumbai, around 36 lakh vehicles run on the street, this includes 24 lakh cars and 12 lakhs bikes daily. However, these vehicles only run for about two-three hours and the rest of other eight-ten hours they are parked on roads or parking lots. Only 40,000 vehicles are parked in legal parking spaces. We are not aware of Prabhadevi area parking nuisance. We will take action for sure."
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