Following mid-day`s report on Saturday about the residents of Sion’s Jain Society raising concerns about the unauthorised parking of aggregate cabs in their lanes, the Mumbai traffic police cracked down on cabs parked in three lanes over the weekend. According to information from the Mumbai traffic police, action was taken against at least 45 vehicles belonging to aggregate cab services on Saturday and Sunday, and a consolidated fine amount of a little over Rs 30,000 was collected from the locality, against unauthorised on-street parking.

The traffic police also cleared three trucks and tempos parked in the locality for loading and unloading of grocery items over the weekend. In addition, the traffic police towed one truck on Monday and fined 15 other vehicles, collecting Rs 10,000 in fines. The traffic police decided to implement new rules this week: to allow only residents of the locality to park on one side of the road, to stop double-lane parking from outsiders, and to impose a fine of Rs 500 to Rs 1500 for unauthorised on-street parking by repeat offenders.