India, June 28 -- New DelhiThe Delhi Development Authority (DDA) and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) will operationalise 281 new surface parking lots in phases by November, adding space for around 75,000 equivalent car spaces (ECS) and increasing the city's current parking capacity by 46%, senior officials said.

Delhi currently has 668 surface parking lots with a capacity of 160,463 ECS.

The additions, through vacant plots and land parcels, have been directed under the traffic decongestion and parking augmentation plan aimed at reducing air pollution levels. The plan is being monitored by the central government, and the Prime Minister's Office had reviewed it earlier this month, officials said.

As part of the augmentation plan...