chandigarh parking problem in the commercial areas of sectors 17 22 and 35 is set to worsen further in the run up to diwali with the number of visitors increasing manifold already sector 17 is short of space for over 3400 cars forcing commuters to make futile rounds of one parking lot after the other during peak hours both the ut administration and the mc have not acted on reports of two parking surveys which had highlighted that parking demand outstrips supply at most locations in the city for instance peak time parking demand for sector 17 is 10074 equivalent car spaces ecss whereas whats available is only 6658 ecss the survey conducted by the administration last year pointed out that the gap was to be met through multilevel parking a ut urban planning department official said a detailed parking survey was conducted two years ago besides the study as part of the metro project but there is no vacant space available for expansion of the existing parking lots the only solution is construction of multilevel parkings which are still in the works since sectors 17 and 35 also have a large number of private and government offices located there commuters face problems at different times in the day as the peak time for each of the commercial parking lots is different for instance in sector 17e it is 430pm to 5pm in front of mickey chhabra shop 330pm to 4pm near neelam cinema and 7pm to 730pm in front of sagar ratna people leave their vehicles for long hours mainly at parking lots near offices banks and hotels as employees park their vehicles in the morning go to their work place and pick them up only in the evening when its time to head home