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Car buyers may need parking space proof

In future, you may have to prove you have sufficient parking space before being aallowed to buy a car.
Urban development minister M. Venkaiah Naidu told reporters on Thursday that it would be made compulsory for car owners to provide an adequate parking space certificate.
“No car or vehicle will be registered without an adequate parking space available certificate. I am very keen on this. I am holding discussions with the surface transport minister and also sensitizing the states. We would be moving in that direction,” Naidu.
“In future, it will be mandated. No permission will be given to any construction without a toilet,” Naidu said at the launch of a toilet locator mobile app.
Officials in the ministry said to enforce such a decision nationally, amendments will have to be made to the Motor Vehicles Act. Separately, the government in August had introduced the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2016 in the Lok Sabha. The amendments, aimed to increase road safety and compensation, are yet to be passed by Parliament.
Mint New Delhi,23rd December 2016

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