Multi level car parking coming up in Shopian
Shopian: Municipal Council Shopian( MCS) is building a multilevel car parking in Shopian town to overcome traffic congestion and provide a solution to the vehicle parking demand by the locals.
The residents of Shopian and people visiting the town said that the town usually witnesses traffic mess and it increases during peak apple harvesting season.
“The reason behind the mess is lack of parking space, mismanagement of traffic, absence of footpaths and non compliance of traffic rules by the people,” Aijaz Turray, a local resident said.
He said that people themselves are responsible as they often pull their vehicles on roadsides which cause long and frequent traffic jams.
“At several places, haphazard parking of vehicles hampers traffic movement. Some shopkeepers even park their vehicles on roads which are already very narrow. This also leads to traffic jams and causes inconvenience to commuters,” he added.
Manzoor Ahmad, another local said that traffic jams have become order of the day in the town and this is mainly due to parking of vehicles alongside the and the absence of footpaths.
He said that traffic jam is frequent near Jamia Masjid area due to which people especially patients and students have to face huge sufferings.
Meanwhile, an official of the municipal committee Shopian said that work on multi level car parking facility will come up in the town as it has been recently approved by the Directorate of Urban Local Bodies Kashmir.
He said that a park, located near the police station in the main town will be converted into a parking lot and construction of a multilevel car parking facility.
He said that estimated cost of the phase first of the project is Rs 498 lakhs and work is expected to start in around one month.
He added that the facility will definitely help us in overcoming traffic congestion issue in the town.
