Citizens who rightfully paid for the ‘pay-and-park’ facility for their two-wheelers were still issued e-challan fines for illegal parking. Over 125 two-wheeler owners, who have been using the facility outside Shahad railway station in Ulhasnagar for years, now find themselves caught in a scam. Locals, shocked by the revelation, say the so-called pay-and-park facility has been operating for over 15 years—only to be exposed as entirely illegal. 

Kumkum Gupta, a resident of Shahad, said she has been parking her two-wheeler outside the station premises for the past eight years. “There was a dedicated ‘pay-and-park’ board, so we assumed it was a legitimate facility. I paid a monthly sum, but a couple of days ago, I started receiving challans! That’s when many of us discovered that the entire ‘pay and park’ was a sham,” she said.