Mayor Kundan Gogia said that the entire process of parking contract by the Municipal Corporation Patiala is done with complete transparency through e-tendering. In this regard, first a public notice is issued through newspapers and government media and only after that the contract is allotted to the successful contractor. He clarified that at present no such tender has been allotted for the external parking of AC Market, therefore, cutting slips there is completely illegal.
The Mayor clarified the situation and said that the Municipal Corporation has its own government employees posted in the back side (inside parking) of the AC Market. There, the parking fee is being collected as per the rules of the Corporation and the revenue collected from it is directly deposited in the government account of the Municipal Corporation. On the contrary, no person has been posted by the Corporation in the outside or outside parking.
It has come to the notice of the Corporation that some mischievous and private individuals are extorting money from people parking their vehicles outside the market in the name of parking. The Mayor, while reprimanding such illegal elements, said that if any person is caught making illegal charges, then an FIR will be registered against him immediately and strict legal action will be taken.
Mayor Kundan Gogia appealed to the residents of Patiala and tourists from outside not to give a single rupee to any unauthorized person in the outdoor parking lot. If any person tries to forcibly cut a slip, then it should be immediately reported to the Municipal Corporation officials. He reiterated that the Municipal Corporation is committed to the convenience of the people and transparent arrangements and looting of the public will not be tolerated at all.
