Northern Railway
Corrupt practice in parking charges at Old Delhi Railway Station

I parked my car No. CH 04C 4170 in the Northern Railway parking lot, Opp. Novelty Cinema, Delhi at 07.20 p.m. on 13.10.2008 and could finally take the vehicle out at 10.20 a.m. on 14.10.2008. The contractor insisted that I pay charges of Rs. 100/- on basis of the following rates fixed with approval of the Northern Railway:

Duration Charges

a) Upto 6 hrs. : Rs. 15/-

b) Upto 12 hrs. : Rs. 40/-

c) Upto 24 hrs. : Rs. 100/-

My attempt to reason with the parking contractor that logically the charges for the subsequent block period should be lesser than the initial block period (of 6 hours) and in no case, such charges should exceed the charges for the initial block period were ignored and I had to pay Rs. 100/- vide Receipt No. 005666 dated 14.10. for having parked my car for 15 hours.

The above charges which are claimed to have been fixed with approval of the Northern Railway are apparently part of the corrupt practices being followed and need to be re-fixed rationally and logically taking into consideration the following:

Firstly, the block period for charges should be on basis of block periods of 6 hours each. Secondly, the charges for all subsequent block periods should be lesser than the initial period and in reducing order. In no case, the charges for any subsequent block periods should be more than the preceding block period. In actual practice, the following charges could be prescribed:

Duration Charges

a) Upto 6 hrs. : Rs. 15/-

b) Upto 12 hrs. : Rs. 25/-

c) Upto 18 hrs. : Rs. 33/-

d) Upto 24 hrs. : Rs. 40/-

e) Above 24 hrs.: Rs. 40/- Rs. 5/-

for every 6 hours.

The above measure, if adopted, would be in the interest of equity, fair play and the general public.

Company: Northern Railway
Country: India

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