The Mumbai Traffic police on Thursday have made parking arrangements for the devotees visiting the Ganpati pandals in Parel's Lalbaugh area. Four new parking lots with a capacity of 6,200 cars have been made.
As per the notification issued by Mahesh Patil, Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic), the arrangement has been made as many devotees from Mumbai and outside visit Lalbaugh for Ganpati darshan during the ongoing 9-day Ganpati festival. Since Lalbaugh has a high number of pandals, the possibilities of heavy traffic congestion are more.
The four new parking lots made available are Kalpataru Pay and Park at S.S Rao Road, near Gandhi Hospital, Parel with a capacity of 200 cars. M.C.G.M Pay and Park (Lodha) at G.D Ambedkar Road at Kalachowky with a capacity of 500 cars. Cottongreen Pay and Park (B.P.T) near Cottongreen Railway station in Kalachowky area, with a capacity of 5000 cars and the M.C.G.M Pay and Park (Peninsula Land) at the Dr. B.A Road near Bawala Compound, Byculla (east), with a capacity of 500 cars.
"In order to maintain a smooth traffic flow and to avoid inconvenience for the commuters and devotees, parking arrangements have been made available by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)," the notification stated.
