Pimpri: fine for illegal parking on highway

According to the traffic police,the fines would be collected under Section 208 of the Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporation Act,1949. Under this section,the municipal corporation can impose fines on vehicle owners for parking vehicles in no parking zones. The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has authorised the traffic police department to impose the fine. As the municipal corporation does not have the required manpower to impose the rule,only police officers of the sub inspector rank and above would challan the offenders.

Pimpri-Chinchwad,an industrial town,witnesses a heavy inflow of commercial vehicles. When these vehicles are parked in no parking area,they obstruct the smooth flow of traffic in the township.

According to Prashant Mohite,Assistant Commissioner of Police (Traffic),the fine collected by the traffic police department would be deposited in the PCMC treasury. The PCMC would provide receipt books for fine collection. But 50 per cent of the total fine amount would be spent on the traffic police department’s initiatives.