Automation system for parking fee stressed

LAHORE: Secretary Local Government Punjab Dr Irshad Ahmed has directed the officers of Lahore Parking Company to monitor the parking sites with the help of CCTV cameras because the only solution to the problems of Lahore Parking Company was the automated fee collection system. He was presiding over a meeting of Lahore and Faisalabad Parking Company in Punjab Civil Secretariat on Tuesday. The secretary said that Lahore Parking Company had to tighten the monitoring mechanism for hundred percent collection. He said, "A survey should be done immediately to find out how many more parking sites can be established in Lahore and suggestions for the formation of the board of directors of the parking company be submitted too. The secretary sought a report on the automation system within a week to stop the way of corruption in the company. "Due to manual collection, a large part of the revenue of the parking company is being exposed to corruption and The company is facing losses." he added.