CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has directed the Southern Railways to immediately utilise the 48 parking slots available at the Chennai Central Railway station so that passengers can park their cars.
The first bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and T S Sivagnanam passed the order while disposing of a public interest petition filed by advocate K Sudhan. The petitioner had submitted that the parking lots at the railway station had been occupied mostly by call taxi operators, leaving the passengers little space to park their cars.
The counsel for the Railways submitted that already a regular car parking with 61 parking slots was operational and the contract already awarded. The tenders for a premium car parking lot, with 48 parking slots, was scheduled for opening on June 22. The Railways submitted that within a month after this date, the tenders would be finalised.
Disposing of the petition, the court directed the Railways to immediately make the 48 parking slots avai-lable to the public by managing them with its own personnel.
