India, Nov. 25 -- To ease the growing parking crisis in busy areas across the city, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has begun a major exercise to identify and use amenity spaces that have remained idle for years. The civic body has already identified 100 such locations along metro lines 1, 2 and 3. These spaces, originally reserved for public use under the Development Plan (DP), have either remained undeveloped or are being used for purposes other than those approved.

Officials said that the PMC will prepare a detailed report on parking within a month. The project department has shortlisted 100 amenity spaces on the Ramwadi-Vanaz, Swargate-Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) and Hinjewadi-Shivajinagar metro corridors. Of t...