Rath asks JMC to cancel license to operate of banquet halls having less parking space

To ease traffic congestion in Jammu, Inspector General (IG),
Traffic Police, Basant Rath today asked Deputy Commissioner of Jammu and Commissioner, Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) to cancel license to operate of banquet halls without adequate parking spaces in Jammu city.
It has been observed that most of the marriage and banquet halls have been permitted to operate without giving the guarantee of enough parking space (in Jammu city), Rath said in a letter.
Rath wrote a letter to the Deputy Commissioner, Jammu, and Commissioner of JMC with regard to the operation of banquet halls in Jammu city without adequate parking space, which causes heavy traffic jams due to parking of vehicles on various road stretches and on highway in Jammu Municipal areas.

There are over 50 banquet halls operating in Jammu municipal area, several among them have not enough parking spaces, an official said.