Get Rs 500 reward for sending photos of improperly parked cars, says Nitin Gadkari

Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari has proposed to bring a new rule, possibly as a joke, according to which Rs 500 rupees will be awarded to every person who shares pictures of incorrectly parked vehicles.

In an event called Industrial Decarbonization Summit, 2022 in New Delhi, Gadkari said that a fine of Rs 1,000 rupees would be imposed to the person who wrongly parks his vehicle. Out of this money, half of the amount (500 rupees) will be given to whosoever clicks the picture and shares it with the authorities concerned, he said.

However, it was not sure whether the Transport Minister meant it solely as a joke or whether the framework of this law was already in progress in the legislature.


Why was this comment prompted at the summit?
Gadkari said that wrong parking is a massive problem going unaddressed. He explained that the quantity of automobiles is significantly rising in the urban parts of the country. He mentions that sometimes there are cars for every member of the family.Gadkari's concerns remain that nobody is interested in setting up parking spaces accordingly.

He used his own home in Nagpur as an example. He said he owns 12 parking spaces, and none of his cars are ever parked on the roadside. He mentioned that in Delhi, people primarily treat roads as their parking spaces.

Talking about Electric Vehicles, Gadkari said it is important to have EVs as public transport. In the US, even sanitation workers have cars for their personal needs. He firmly believes that India will follow the same path soon.

Why we new car parking spaces
During the COVID-19 pandemic, car sales went south. But this year, car sales have seen a considerable spike.

Passenger vehicles from the dispatch to the dealers have increased twice the initial numbers as of May 2022. This is compared to the low number seen in May 2021 during the second wave of Covid.

According to the SIAM or Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers, the wholesale market of passenger vehicles witnessed a rise of 2.5 lakh units in May alone. This is astonishing when compared to the 1 lakh unit that was sold in May last year. This includes cars and other similar vehicles, not two or three-wheelers.

If we see the overall sales of vehicles (every type of passenger vehicle), the number spiked to 15 lakh units by May of 2022. This number was a lot compared with May of the previous year, when the overall figure remained less than 5 lakh units.