Here's a list of BMC-approved parking spots to help you avoid the new illegal parking fines
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation and Mumbai Traffic Police have come up with a steep new fine structure to deal with illegal parking offenders. Parking on the road around a 500m radius of the places mentioned below is prohibited now.
All classes of vehicles are covered by this fine structure. Two-wheelers will be fined between Rs 5,000 and Rs 8,300 while three-wheeler owners will have to shell out Rs 8,000 to Rs 12,200. The fine for LMVs is between Rs 10,000 and Rs 15,100. For bigger vehicles like Medium Motor Vehicles, the fines rise to between Rs 11,000 and Rs 17,600. The highest fines are for heavy vehicles, their owners pay between Rs 15,000 and Rs 23,250. These charges include the penalty, towing charges and the late payment fees.
Here's the list of authorised parking spaces:
1) Near Artesia building, Lower Parel division
2) Altamount Road, Kemps Corner
3) Near Elco Market, Bandra
4) BMC Parking, Kurla (W)
5) Near Boomerang building, Kurla (W)
6) Topiwala Market building, Kurla (W)
7) One IndiaBulls, Lower Parel
8) Cygnus Tower, Santacruz (E)
9) Lodha Excelus, NM Joshi Marg
10) Runwal Green, GMLR, Nahur
11) Kalpataru Avana building, Parel Sewri division
12) Insignia building, Santacruz (E)
13) Runwal Anthurium, Mulund (W)
14) Lodha Supreme building, Kanjurmarg
15) Runwal building, Nepean Sea road
16) Behind Umiya Mata Mandir, Goregaon (E)
17) Near Oshiwara Metro station, Andheri (W) (To open soon)
18) Club Aquaria, Borivali (W) (To open soon)
19) Celestia building, Parel, Sewri
20) Runwal building, Andheri (W) (free parking)
21) Near R City Mall, Vikhroli (W) (free parking)
22) Near Hub mall, Goregaon (E) (free parking)
23) Next to Kamala Mills, SB Road (free parking)
24) IndiaBulls Finance Centre, SB Road (free parking)
25) Vikas Palazzo building, Mulund (W) (free parking)
26) World Tower, SB road (free parking)
List source: Mumbai Mirror