Noida Authority — Extortion by Parking Contractors

Address: Gautam Buddh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh

I went for a movie yesterday evening at the Wave City Centre Mall on my bike. At the foot entrance of the Mall (next to the Radisson Hotel), the Noida Authority authorized parking guy asked for Rs. 50 as parking fee (that too in advance) for parking my motorcycle! All the charges printed in his entire receipt book were blacked out and he told me that the authority had authorized him to charge Rs. 20 for the first hour and Rs. 10 for each subsequent hour for motorcycle parking! I was told by that parking assistant that the parking contractor is someone named Mr. Chauhan in that area. This extortionist behaviour of authorized parking contractors needs to be checked, esp., the one next to the Radisson Hotel at Wave Mall's foot entrance. The other bike riders in the area tell me that this quite common in Noida and is probably very well known to the Noida Authority as well. No wonder the "Parking Mafia" is doing well in the city. I wonder if the DM of Noida is listening to the complaints and problems of the common man.