Corporate hospital penalised Rs.50,000 for collecting parking fee

The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation’s Directorate of Enforcement Vigilance & Disaster Management (EV&DM) penalised a corporate hospital in Banjara Hills for collecting parking fees illegally. A penalty of Rs 50,000 was levied.

The issue was brought to the notice of EVDM’s central enforcement cell by a citizen through Twitter following which the



penalty was imposed. The person also posted the picture of the parking ticket and raised a complaint.

The State government has already issued a Government Order related to policy on parking in 2018 and regulated the collection of parking fees. As per the challan generated, the hospital was leasing/ misusing the parking/common areas following which the penalty was imposed.