The residents of Deccan Gymkhana succeed in a struggle to ban the parking of vehicles in the area

Mrunal Jadhav

Pune, February 16, 2021: Residents of the Deccan Gymkhana area have been suffering for the last few years due to vehicles being parked inappropriately in the lane near Goodluck Hotel. Residents had demanded a ban on vehicles in the area. Recently the Deputy Commissioner of Police Rahul Shriram ordered a ban on all types of vehicles in the lane near Goodluck Hotel.

There are 90 bungalows in Deccan Gymkhana Colony and Prabhat Road, part of Bhandarkar Road comes under the colony. The road was open from Gokhale Smarak Chowk for the residents of Suvarna Smruti Mangal office premises. Residents had to take a turn from Gokhale Smarak Chowk to the colony as it was restricted to take a turn from Champion Sports Street on the road from Khandoji Baba Chowk to Gokhale Smarak Chowk. Kishor Godbole, a member of the Deccan Gymkhana Colony Panchayat, said that the residents were facing problems due to the vehicles being parked in the narrow lane. Residents had complained that vehicles should not be allowed in the lane. The problems were raised in a statement to the then Commissioner of Police Rashmi Shukla.

What is the order?

Rahul Shriram, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Transport Branch, has ordered a ban on all types of vehicles on both sides of Hotel Goodluck Lane (the road from Goodluck Hotel to the main entrance of the Suvarna Smruti Mangal office).

A letter has been issued to the Municipal Corporation regarding the installation of billboards prohibiting the parking of vehicles in this area. Plaques will be installed in the area in the next two to three days.

– Kiran Balwadkar, Inspector of Police, Deccan Traffic Division

There was a parking lot in the open space next to the Goodluck Hotel. However, space was being used for commercial purposes. So the customers were driving in the streets of Deccan Gymkhana Colony. Therefore, the residents coming to the colony had to face problems

– Kishori Godbole, Member, Deccan Gymkhana Colony Panchayat