Chandigarh, Feb. 11 -- The recently launched unified parking pass system in Chandigarh has drawn criticism from Member of Parliament (MP) Manish Tewari, who questioned the city's technological preparedness while stating that the project has fallen short of its original promise of being FASTag-enabled.

In response to his question in the Lok Sabha regarding the implementation of the smart parking project launched in 2022, the Union ministry of home affairs (MHA) replied that the Chandigarh municipal corporation (MC) has implemented the single parking pass system - MC One Pass - across all MC-run paid parking lots. The initiative launched on January 27 allows motorists to avail monthly parking passes at affordable rates of Rs.250 for two-wh...