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MTMP: Dheeraj Gupta launches first FASTag enabled PMS at Bus Stand Jammu

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JAMMU: The Principal Secretary Housing and Urban Development Department (H&UDD) Dheeraj Gupta on Saturday inaugurated J&K’s first FASTag enabled Parking Management System (PMS) at Multi-Level Car Parking General Bus Stand Jammu.

The smart parking was launched as part of UT of J&K’s My Town My Pride Campaign.

Speaking at the launch, Dheeraj Gupta said the state-of-the-art smart parking FASTag enables cashless while the initiative is first of its kind in J&K and  second  across the whole country.

He said that in the past few years the parking facilities have increased in Jammu city and urged the citizens to maintain traffic discipline by parking their vehicles at parking spaces.

He also complimented Jammu Development Authority and IDFC First Bank for partnering this initiative and said that the government is committed to provide all kinds of support to  make an effective traffic management system for citizens of the region.

He also insisted upon the requirement of upscaling of this  model to all parking’s in the Jammu City be that of JDA or JMC so that the smooth cashless, paperless, entry-exit experience at parking’s to Jammuties is not only limited to a single parking but all over the city.

The parking would work through an app called Park+ where Jammu residents by using this app can now discover, book and prepay for a parking spot.

Additionally, they can also use the FASTag on their car to pay for a parking spot, without any human intervention, a first of its kind initiative in Jammu.

Vice Chairman Jammu Development Authority Pankaj Magotra and  Srikant Kurup of IDFC First Bank also spoke on the occasion.


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