The parking muddle
I was pretty amazed when, during a visit to Bangalore, I saw this signboard : Free Parking ! It came as a shock to me that the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike would let go of this revenue stream so magnanimously! What I did not notice properly ( anything new in this? Ed!) was that this scheme was announced, of all the days, on April 1, 2005!
Which should explain why the whole thing was just that : a joke!!!
Proposals are now being mooted for its re-introduction. Committees – the BMP has constituted an all-party committee headed by none other than Begum Sahiba to look into the matter. Tempers are getting frayed. Cops want parking fee re-introduced…etc, etc.
What it means is this: Nobody – least of all, the BMP, wants to let go of net gains. Trapped, you are!
Get ready to pay for parking, folks!
:)
Is such a huge signboard needed?
@Shek: ;)
DEAR FRIEND, I AM DR AHMED KHAN FROM KARNATAKA INDIA
BASE IN EUROPE. I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE IGABRIEL
VENTURE FUND AND FINANCE FIRM IN LONDON. I AM THE SON
OF A VERY GOOD CHILDHOOD FRIEND AND ASSOCIATE OF OUR
LATE ANNAVARU, DR RAJ KUMAR. MY LATE FATHER KHAN WAS
HIS FRIEND AND MATE AND MY FATHER INTRODUCED HIM TO ME
SHORTLY BEFORE HE WAS KIDNAPPED BY VEERAPPAN. INFACT
WE WERE ALL IN DIVERSTATING MOOD WHEN WE HEARD OF HIS
KIDNAP AND WHEN WE HEARD OF HIS RELEASE WE WERE ALL
HAPPY. AFTER THEN I LOST MY FATHER. MY FATHER WAS
CO-FOUNDER OF THE CONTINENTAL CREDIT BANK OF MALAYSIA
WHERE I AM ALSO HEADING THE BOARD. WE HAVE BEEN
ASSISTING INDIANS IN ABROAD AND WE HAVE FINANCING
PROJECTS SET UP BY FELLOW INDIANS ESPECIALLY IN THE
MOVIE INDUSTRY. WE FINANCE FILMS ABOUT INDIAN AND MADE
BY INDIANS IN COUNTRIES LIKE USA, ENGLAND ETC. SO THE
DEATH OF THIS FILM ICON CAME TO ME A VERY BIG SCHOCK
BECAUSE I RECENTLY MET HIM WHEN HE TOLD ME THAT HE IS
NOW INTO PRODUCING OF FILMS WHICH I INTRODUCED A
TRANSACTION TO HIM WHICH HE ASSISTED. ALSO WE WERE TO
MEET AT THE GANDUGALLI KUMARA RAMA FILM WHERE HE TOLD
ME THAT HE WOULD SING A SONG BUT NOW DEATH HAS TAKEN
HIM AWAY FROM US. THOUGH HE TOLD ME ABOUT HIS SONS WHO
ARE ALL INTO MOVIE LIKE SHIRAJ AND CO BUT WE HAVE NOT
MET AND I AM HOPING TO MEET THEM SOME DAY IN MY TRIP
TO INDIA. BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT MY FIRM IS INTO
GRANT MAKING BY GETTING FINANCIAL GRANTS THROUGH OUR
BANK, I TOLD DR RAJ THAT I WANT TO USE HIM TO OBTAIN
SOME FINANCIAL GRANTS TO BE USED TO SUPPORT AND
FINANCE FILM PROJECTS AND MOVIES OF INDIAN ORIGIN
WHICH HE ACCEPTED AND EVEN ASSISTED, THEN I MADE THE
GRANT PROPOSAL AND EVENTUALLY GOT THE GRANT OF $13
MILLION DOLLARS MEANT TO BE SUPPORTING FILMS AND
MOVIES OF INDIAN ORIGIN. SO SINCE HE IS NO MORE AND WE
HAVE GOTTEN THE FUND ALREADY I NOW CONTACT YOU BASE ON
THE RELATIONSHIP WITH DR RAJ TO NOTIFY YOU OF THIS.
THE FUND IS NOW UNDER MY CARE AND DEPOSITED IN THE
CONTINENTAL BANK OF MALAYSIA. SO WE NEED TO TRANSFER
THE FUND TO INDIA OR ANY PLACE WHICH I WILL TAKE CARE
OF IT. BEFORE WE COMMENCE I NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU VIA
,MAIL THEN I GIVE YOU FULL DETAILS. REPLY BACK DR AHMED
ROFLOL @ Kannadiga Nigerian :D
No, not again!
A Kannadiga Nigerian indeed! What a bogus letter and I’m sure many would jump at this chance. I read in a technology magazine that many many Indians fall victim to the online gaming and lottery “frize” money – often paid in Lithuanian and Latvian currencies, falsely labelled as US Dollars and get their bank accounts completely wiped out. Of course, the biggest population of gullible victims of this type of Nigerian scam are in the USA. Just check out the Federal Trade Commission’s stats on this.
Well,
They’ve always been great at such dilly-dallying nothing new. I was wondering how long it’d take them to re-introduce it – not too long by the looks of it.
And Shek, the size of the signboard is adequate – more so since a lot of touts still ask for payment – and most people were unaware or it being free!