Parking woes spill over to several residential areas
The Hindu
Citizens term paid parking permits as problematic
There have been several instances when Meera K.D., a resident of Malleshpalya, has been unable to take out her own car parked inside her compound. More often than not, her front gate is blocked by illegally parked vehicles. “There are play schools and coaching classes in a residential area. Parents who come to drop off their children often park their vehicles in front of gates, blocking the residents,” she fumed.
With increasing commercialisation of residential areas across the city, people living in residential areas are grappling with parking woes. The problem is not restricted to popular neighbourhoods such as Indiranagar, Jayanagar, Malleswaram, HBR Layout, Kammanahalli, HSR Layout and Koramangala, but has spread to the side lanes of Banaswadi, Sanjaynagar, Vidyaranyapura and others.

In , the grape capital of India and host of the Simhastha Kumbh Mela every 12 years, environmental concerns over a plan to cut 1,800 trees for the proposed Sadhugram project in the historic Tapovan area have sharpened political fault lines ahead of local body elections. The issue has pitted both Sena factions against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which leads the ruling Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra. While Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief, and Uddhav Thackeray, chief of the Shiv Sena (UBT), remain political rivals, their parties have found rare common ground in Tapovan, where authorities propose clearing trees across 34 acres to build Sadhugram and a MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) hub, as part of a ₹300-crore infrastructure push linked to the pilgrimage.












