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Threat to close 100 trade establishments

Action will be first taken against those without parking space: GHMC

HYDERABAD: Armed with the High Court directive on Thursday, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is preparing ground for closing at least 100 top business establishments within the next one month for lacking sufficient parking space.

The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has with it a list of about 417 trades, including top line restaurants, malls, supermarkets, garment shops, hospitals, bars and the likes located on some of the busiest roads of the twin cities and causing major traffic problems and also for not having trade licences.

“To begin with, we have decided to take action against the most problematic ones, those not having any parking space at all or very little for the customers,” affirmed Additional Commissioner (Planning & Projects) K. Dhananjaya Reddy.

Joint panel

The first 100 such establishments will be identified by a joint committee of town planning and health & sanitation officials in the next few days.

Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has a pretty good idea of the state of affairs so much so that it has recognised places which have built in excess of the sanctioned plan, thereby reducing the space meant for vehicular parking.

Most busy traffic areas like Himayatnagar, Begumpet, Khairatabad, Ameerpet, Banjara Hills, Malakpet, Jubilee Hills, Paradise, Abids, and so on have these establishments.

The survey will also verify whether hotels and other business houses have at least 25 per cent of the space for parking or enough for its customer flow.

Before formal notices are issued to them, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation is planning to come out with newspaper advertisements detailing the names and addresses of the business establishments facing the likely closure action.

Additional Commissioner (Health & Sanitation) R. Rama Mohan Rao indicated that in a few months, the drive will be taken to the other roads and outside the core area into the erstwhile municipalities too.

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