India, Aug. 8 -- On Thursday, the residents of Malabar Hill, irked about parking tickets being suddenly handed out around Hanging Gardens, wrote a letter to the traffic commissioner, calling for a specific parking policy on the stretch of road between Kamla Nehru Park and Hanging Gardens. A letter signed by 55 people from the Friends of Malabar Hill, a residents group, demanded clarification on the public parking policy, and asked for clear and visible signage, prior communication with residents and specific time slots for senior citizens and daily park goers.

Locals said that in the last two days, the traffic police had started rampantly penalising vehicles, saying it was due to VIP movement. "So far, whenever there was VIP movement, we...