The Bombay High Court on Thursday issued notice to the Maharashtra government and the BMC seeking their reply to a public interest litigation (PIL) that demanded that parking facility be allowed below bridges and flyovers in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), where public parking spaces are not available within 200 m.
Acting Chief Justice Sanjay V Gangapurwala and Justice Sandeep V Marne were hearing the plea by moved by Pradeep Gajraj Vyas, who said that before 2008, spaces below bridges and flyovers were used as parking areas until then chief minister had orally said that such facilities should not be allowed as the same could lead to danger in case a car catches fire.
