Instead of parking buses on roads and at busy junctions in the night, the Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML) has decided to use 18 octroi nakas in the city and Pimpri-Chinchwad after April 1, as the state has declared its intention of abolishing octroi by replacing it with Local Body Tax (LBT) from the same date. This presents the PMPML with an opportunity to use the space at octroi nakas to park buses, which currently are being parked haphazardly due to overcrowding at the existing 10 depots.u00a0

In the way: PMPML buses parked on a city street. Pic/Jignesh Mistry