GREATER NOIDA, May 16 -- The Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority has decided to levy charges on surface parking with the aim of generating revenue and regulating haphazard parking and the resulting traffic congestion.

The authority is planning to appoint an agency to implement a comprehensive parking management system under the public-private partnership (PPP) model, officials familiar with the matter said on Friday.

Currently, Greater Noida has multiple parking sites in different residential sectors and industrial and commercial zones, but lacks a regulated parking system, officials said. In the absence of such a system, indiscriminate roadside parking and encroachments have emerged in several areas, triggering safety concer...