As per reports, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has put forth a proposal to make a slew of changes in the parking policy, from introducing separate charges for parking lots in the city in categories A to D to tripling parking charges in spaces located within a 500-metre radius of multilevel parking lots, to discourage street parking.

Categories A-D, a proposed charge include INR 30 for the first hour, INR 75 for one to three hours and INR 30 per hour, beyond three hours. The monthly day and night pass for such areas will cost INR 5,000. For categories E-H, a fee of INR 20 is proposed for the first hour, INR 50 for one to three hours and INR 20 per hour, beyond three hours. The rates for two-wheelers are half of the charges for four-wheelers.

• The civic body has categorised 1,393 residential colonies and villages as per the Municipal Valuation Committee reports, based on the state of infrastructure and amenities in the area.
• Areas of Sunder Nagar and Vasant Vihar fall under Category A, and unplanned areas of Dakshinpuri and Dashrath Puri are at the other end of the spectrum. Category B comprises Defence Colony and Greater Kailash, Category C has Saket, Shivalik and Vasant Kunj.
• Category D has areas of Jangpura Extension and Paschim Vihar.