Chandigarh, June 29 -- The private schools that have not earmarked 20% of their premises for parking as per the approved building plan are bound to face action, Chandigarh deputy commissioner (DC) Nishant Kumar Yadav said on Sunday. During the executive committee meeting of the Federation of Sectors Welfare Association Chandigarh (FOSWAC) at People Convention Centre in Sector 36, the DC said the structures constructed on the parking sites in schools would be demolished.

Yadav was responding to a query on traffic congestion seen daily outside large private schools in busy sectors, including Sectors 26, 32, 36, 35 and 40. "All 79 private schools have been issued notices to use 20% parking on the premises as approved by the administration i...