Thursday, 31 October 2024 | PNS | DEHRADUN
To mitigate the parking space problem during the festive season, the Doon Valley Mahanagar Udyog Vyapar Mandal (DVMUVM) has asked the State administration to designate temporary parking space at a school located within the Paltan Bazaar area.
Lack of adequate parking spaces for vehicles poses a challenge for both shop-owners and shoppers. Those trading from the bazaar say that they lose a part of their festive season earnings due to this issue.
A shopkeeper who owns a footwear store at Paltan Bazaar, Jassi Arora said that the festive time is the high time for them to do brisk business and earn a considerable volume of profit. “However, the limited parking availability in the Paltan Bazaar hinders shoppers’ footfalls and this negatively impacts our earnings. It is imperative for the authorities to take immediate steps to address the parking problem. We hope this problem will not recur next festive season,” he added.
Several other shop owners have also flagged similar concerns regarding hygiene and inadequate parking space in the market area which worsens considerably during the festival season.
The view of the customers is the same. “We come to the market, driving our own vehicles. However, the issue of limited parking space at Paltan Bazaar keeps us concerned. Things get aggravated further as some people disregard the designated parking areas and park their vehicles hither and thither. Besides, several of the shops get extended, blocking what is left of the space for our movement. In such a situation, we find it really difficult to find our way through the narrow space to the shops for our Deepawali shopping,” said a customer, Shilpa Tyagi.
The president at the DVMUVM Pankaj Mason agreed and said things warrant a prompt solution. “The market really needs a proper parking space, spacious enough in tune with the number of vehicles which come. Things worsen during the festive season when we await customers in large numbers. They come but they face parking issues. If this is solved it will be win-win for us both- shoppers and shop-owners,” he added.
As a temporary solution, they had requested the State administration to ensure that CNI Boys school ground was used as a parking space during the festive season with the school being closed for Deepawali. He also suggested establishment of a multi-storey parking facility at the Paltan Bazaar on a plot of land that is currently available near the Rajeev Complex for resolving parking issues once and for all.
