Administrator launches Smart Parking app

Chandigarh, December 5:- Sh. V.P. Singh Badnore, Governor of Punjab and Administrator, UT, Chandigarh today launched Smart parking app at the Punjab Raj Bhawan, here in the today evening. The app namely "Arya Smart Parking Chandigarh" can be downloaded through android as well IOS mobile phones, which will help the commuters to locate their parking lot and can book their parking as per their requirement easily.
          During the programme, the Administrator said that with the launch of this app the struggle to find parking in the parking lots throughout city will end. Recently, commuter car parkings fill up rapidly with the increased demand, forcing motorists to search for alternative parkings in other locations or drive all the way into the city for work. This increased congestion and commuter angst, as more and more commuters get up trying to use public parking but cannot get their suitable locations.
          He said that new smart parking technologies enables commuters to see current car parking information, from rates, restrictions, hours of operation and most importantly, vacancies in real-time. They would then be able to see and select under utilized car parkings near their work places or a viable local alternative before they even leave the house. They could even pre book and pay for the spot through the app there and ensuring they got a convenient parking space for their commute.
Others, present during the launch were Sh. Parimal Rai, IAS, Adviser to the Administrator, Sh. J.M. Balmurugan, IAS, Secretary to Governor of Punjab, Sh. Anurag Aggarwal, IAS, Home Secretary, Sh. Ajoy Kumar Sinha, IAS, Finance Secretary, Sh. Jitender Yadav, IAS, Commissioner, MCC, Sh. Rajesh Kumar Gupta, Senior Deputy Mayor, Sh. Arun Sood, councilor, Sh. Anil Garg, Additional Commissioner, Sh. Tejdeep Singh Saini, Joint Commissioner, Sh. Sunil, Director, Arya toll infra Ltd. and other senior officers of MCC.
With a vision of implementing Smart parking concept, the  Arya toll Infra Ltd. has started the project with the vision of digital & smart city and women empowerment as in starting we employed almost 40% of female staff with a new concept as we have never seen female parking attendants managing the parking sites. With the help of NULM cell, MCC, several training session were conducted for staff members making them confident enough to tackle all the problems related to operations and management. All the 25 parking lots have been divided into 58 lots, out of which  at 56 parking locations the operations timing are morning 8 am to 12.00 night, & fro the rest 2 location timings are 11.30 am to 12.00 night.