Malabar Hill residents demand restoration of parking spots on Ridge Road
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Malabar Hill residents demand restoration of parking spots on Ridge Road

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: When Malabar Hill resident Ravi Mandrekar was recently imposed a challan of ₹500 for allegedly parking his car in a no-parking zone on Ridge Road, instead of paying the fine, he decided to settle the matter with the joint commissioner of police Anil Kumbhare. With old buildings and few parking spaces in Malabar Hill, residents say they have been parking their cars on the road for decades, but only now the traffic police is cracking the whip. With old buildings and few parking spaces of their own dotted along Ridge Road, the residents were accustomed to parking their vehicles at the sides of the road. Since the beginning of last year, the residents met several officials, from the guardian ministers Mangal Prabhat Lodha and Deepak Kesarkar, the former joint commissioner of police Pravin Padwal, additional commissioner of police Ramkumar, the assistant commissioner Sharad Ughade, MP Arvind Sawant, and more.

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