I received a mail from Arjun Sahgal who writes, “I am running a departmental store by the name of THE EXCHANGE STORES in the Civil Lines area of north Delhi. There is a major traffic problem in this area adjoining the Civil Lines Metro station. The parking in front of the building has been acquired by metro for a bus stop. Due to this the cars coming to our stores have to park on the main road. The Delhi Traffic Police cranes just tow away the vehicles without considering the problem.

“On top of this a NO-PARKING board has been erected due to which people are in constant fear of their cars being towed away. I would request the Delhi Traffic Police not to enforce the NO-PARKING zone in this area, as there is also a PNB branch in this building, which people frequent regularly. A solution has to be found to the problem instead of the vehicles being unnecessarily towed away and people having to cough out their hard-earned money for no fault of theirs. The Traffic Police must co-ordinate with the concerned authorities and look into the matter at the earliest.”

I had previously also received a complaint regarding this from a bank account holder whose car was towed away three times. Well, I spoke to HPS Virk, DCP (Traffic/North Range) and he said, “After the Metro, the traffic pattern of the area has changed so visitors to the market should now park their vehicles in the nearest available parking space.”

Frankly speaking one cannot expect to enjoy the benefits of old times and new. With changing time one has to adapt new conditions and get used to it. It’s just that initially one would face inconvenience, after one gets used to it, then it becomes a routine affair.