KARACHI: Karachi Mayor Wasim Akhtar directed the charged parking department to manage parking lots and spaces in a better manner in order to ensure that citizens do not face any difficulty while parking their vehicles. Mayor Akhtar said that parking spaces along roads, busy commercial centres and main markets should be managed in a better manner. He was reviewing charged parking sites management in the city during which he was given a briefing and informed that the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) was recovering parking fee in various locations of the city. As per details, these locations include: Tariq Road from McDonald to ABL Roundabout (Both Sides), Service Road Shahra-e-Faisal, Hill Park, Naheed Chase Store only at Service Road of Shaheed-e-Millat Road, Al-Khaleej Tower, Kababjee (Service Road of Shaheed-e-Millat Road) (On Contract), Civic Centre only at University Road and Sir Shah Sulemen Road from Gate of Civic Centre to DMC East Office, Service Road of University Road from Hassan Square to Nipa Flyover (On Contract), Fariya Mobile Raza Mobile Rashid Minhas Road (from Al-Ghafoor Mobile to Firdous Shopping Mall), Sindbad Gulshan, KDA Market (From Gulshan Flyover to Disco Bakery, Allama Shabbir Ahmed Usmani Road), Chase-Up and World Mobile Nipa University Raod, Chase Value Centre opposite Rashid Minhas Road, Imtiaz Store Gulshan-e-Iqbal Service Road Rashid Minhas Road, the Hydri Market Parking Lot, Hydri Sunday Motorcycle Bazaar (within Parking Lot), S.M Toufeeq Road Liaquatabad Super Market to Liaquatabad No. 10, S.M Taufeeq Road Sindh Government Hospital Liaquatabad, Sareena Mobile Mall and Haroon Shopping Mall Bufferzone, Parking Lot at infront of Nazimabad Driving License Branch, Parkting Lot infront of A.O Clinic Nazimabad, the Paradise Centre, Zoo, Faizee Rehimeen (Art Gallery Parking Lot), Beach Park Parking Clifton, Clifton Centre, Crystal Court, Sassi Arcade, in District Korangi, Main Korangi Road whereas new sites are also running by KMC on Experimental Basis including at N.I.B.D Hospital to United King Bakery, From Ending Wall of National Sports Complex to Kareem Plaza, Service Road infront of Magent Mall Karimabad Shahra-e-Pakistan, Sunday Bachat Bazaar near Time Square opposite Metro Cash & Carry University Road, Jama Cloth Signal to Taj Hotel, M.A Jinnah Road, M.A Jinnah Road in front of Gul Plaza, , University Road in front of Ibn-e-Seena Hospital. The parking fee for cars at these venues is Rs20 while parking a motorcycle costs Rs5. Citizens can lodge complaints against overcharging and related issues by calling on 021-99216446. It may be instructive to note that KMC has only allowed charged parking in single line. In case the vehicles are parked in double lines, Traffic Police has the authority to lift them and the KMC or the contractors shall not be held responsible. Published in Daily Times, October 22nd 2018.