Parking fee introduced in Gelegphu

ParkingFee-GelegphuBeginning today, parking fees has been introduced in Gelegphu. For every 15 minutes, a vehicle owner will be charged Nu.5.

The residents feel the move is too early considering the number of vehicles in Gelegphu.

“There is a parking congestion in Thimphu and Phuentshogling. But i think it is too early to impose parking fees in Gelegphu town as the traffic in Gelegphu isn’t as bad as it is in these two cities,” said a Gelegphu Resident, Karma Phuentsho.

A taxi driver, B.B Bhujel said, they have to make stop in the middle of the town while loading and unloading passengers. “Every time we do that, we have to pay Nu.5 and we do have to stop many a times.”

Usually, there will be many vehicles parked in the Gelegphu core town area. Today, the scenario was different. Only a few vehicles were found in the town area. Most of the vehicles were seen parked in the non-designated areas to avoid paying parking fees.

According to the Officiating Executive Secretary of Gelegphu Thromde, the initiative is to generate revenue for the future development of Gelegphu town. The parking fee collection has been contracted out to a private individual for Nu.8 million for two years.

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