Multi-level parking has firm in spot

Ramkrishan Upadhyay

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 19

The Vigilance Department of the UT Administration has directed the Municipal Corporation to take action against the company which constructed the Rs 50-crore multi-level parking lot in Sector 17 after it failed to remove the defects at the lot.

Sources said the department had sent a communication to the Principal Secretary, Local Government, after completing a probe into the matter. In 2016, the Vigilance had collected samples of the material used in the construction after a complaint was submitted by residents. Two costly vehicles of residents were damaged due to leakage at the lot which contained some chemical. They lodged complaints with the Administration following which a Vigilance inquiry was marked into the matter.

Traders of Sector 17 also raised the issue after the parking started leaking once again during the recent rain.

The mul-tilevel parking, constructed on 4.78 acres, has a capacity to accommodate around 950 cars. The parking has eight lifts and two computerised ticket counters at the entry and exit points.