Guwahati, Sept. 9: Guwahati Municipal Corporation commissioner S. Viswanathan today directed all commercial, institutional and government establishments along AT Road, GS Road, MG Road, Md Tayabullah Road and GNB Road to designate and arrange their own parking places according to the provisions of the building bylaws within 30 days.

In a notification today, the GMC commissioner asked all the owners/rent holders of the establishments to submit a compliance report stating the exact number of cars/two-wheelers for which parking has been provided according to the provisions of the building bylaws along with photographs within seven days after expiry of the monthlong deadline.

“Failure to comply with the notice and the parking norms as envisaged under the building bylaws will entail action under the provisions of the GMC Act, 1971, and building bylaws, leading to cancellation of trade licences and sealing of the premises,” the notification said.

The move comes after the municipal corporation had observed customers/visitors (coming to these establishments) parking their vehicles on the street along AT Road, GS Road, MG Road, Md Tayabullah Road and GNB Road, particularly from Bharalumukh point to Ulubari Point (via -Judges Field and Guwahati Club) and from Bharalumukh point to Ulubari Point (via AT Road and Paltan Bazar).

“Unabated parking along the roads has considerably reduced the carrying capacity, causing traffic jams and at times immobilising the traffic for hours. The situation has increased in alarming proportions posing a threat to people and traffic movement during a disaster, medical emergency or any such situation,” the GMC commissioner stated in the notification.

“It has become absolutely necessary to declare the entire stretch of AT Road, GS Road, MG Road, Md Tayabullah Road and GNB Road, particularly from Bharalumukh point to Ulubari point as a no parking zone except for public vehicles on official duty, public transport system, which includes city bus and auto rickshaws,” he said.