gurugram after years of struggling with illegally parked autos the city will now have designated stands for them mcg has identified 52 locations across gurugram which will be the only locations where autos will be allowed to park the stands will be set up by early next week the move is aimed at decongesting the city as illegally parked autos are one of the prime causes of congestion on many of the citys main roads gurugram has over 7500 cng and 16500 diesel autos registered with the regional transport authority besides these there are over 10000 that ply unlicensed in the district autos are also quite infamous for being driven rashly and for overcharging but what bothers traffic police the most is illegally parked autos auto drivers encroach a chunk of the road by parking their vehicles on the sides of main roads a trip to areas like huda city centre mg road subhash chowk the old gurugram bus stand sadar bazar etc will reveal how difficult it has become to find a stretch to walk in these congested areas let alone drive a car at least one lane is always encroached by illegally parked autos in fact gurgram traffic police conducted extensive antiencroachment drives in the second half of 2016 to curb the menace over 5000 autos were challaned and over 1000 impounded for illegal parking in the latter half of 2016 finally traffic police has designated 52 points as designated auto stands the main areas include dlf cyber city sohna road delhigurugram expressway and parts of old gurugram commuters can hire autos from these stands alone and autos will not be allowed to be parked anywhere else traffic police and mcg has identified the spots which had enough vacant space and will develop these as auto stands before this monthend mcg will install signage so that commuters can locate the stands easily illegally parked autos are one of the major causes of snarls on busy stretches we tried to discipline them by challaning and impounding but it only had a marginal impact so we have had talks with auto unions and drivers to arrive at this solution said sibash kabiraj joint commissioner of police gurugram traffic police will take action such as challaning against drivers who are found to park autos at any other place the unions have been asked to maintain a record of all autos so they can track which auto uses stands or not we welcome the move because currently were in fear of being challaned weve started numbering autos and if there are any illegal vehicles well get them registered with rta said mahabir singh head of the gurugram auto union tnn published on jan 28 2017 at 0222 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take