Bhubaneswar: The new car parking policy at the Biju Patnaik International Airport here, which could see the abolition of parking fee, will come into effect from April 1.
The announcement was made by the Bhubaneswar airport management through its official twitter handle on Sunday.
BPI Airport Bhubaneswar, has received kind approval of Airports Authority of India,Corporate Headquarters New Delhi, to implement the New Car Park Policy,from 1st April 2019,0000hrs.@AAI_Official
— BPI Airport, AAI,Bhubaneswar (@aaibpiairport) January 5, 2019
While indications are that the parking fee will be exempted, the airport said the salient features of the policy shall be displayed prominently in Odiya, Hindi and English for information. No dates were, however, mentioned.
The salient features of the policy shall be displayed prominently in Odiya,Hindi and English for information .
— BPI Airport, AAI,Bhubaneswar (@aaibpiairport) January 5, 2019
In a written reply on January 2 in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha had said that under the new policy, concept of free time limit has been removed.
“As per the new policy, vehicle (except commercial vehicles going to arrivals) going to pick-up/drop lanes will not be charged any parking/entry/access fee,” he said replying to a question from Prasanna Acharya (BJD).
As per the existing policy, parking fee is charged from a vehicle which overstays beyond the free time limit of six minutes.
Parking fee has been a source of much consternation among passengers, who have complained about poor management and violation of parking guidelines by the staff manning the gates.
