[Resolved]  Railways — Too much of Parking Fee

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Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh

We travelled by train on 27th July 2012 to Ongole and travelled back to Hyderabad on 29th July 2012. We had to park the car at the secunderabad railway parking lot for these 2 1/2 days. Earlier the car parking rate used to be 80 rupees per 24 hours/day. Now, it is 250 rupees per day. As such the amount hike was a big shock for us when we entered the parking lot. And, as there was not much time for us to take back the vehicle home, we had to park the vehicle at the railway station itself.
First thing is why is it so costly? People come from long distances in city to the railway station. Instead of saving time and money this is outright looting. Secondly, there is no bill or receipt from the parking people after the payment. There is no record of how much we paid and when we left the station. They also took off the original in-pass. When prodded, the only repeated answer we got was that the computer wasn't working. On persistance, they started hurrying us saying that other vehicles are waiting and that we have to leave the place soon. How can the payment be taken in such a crude manner? And, why 600 rupees plus was charged for two nights for parking the vehicle. The amount is even higher than the railway sleeper to and fro tickets. Why does railways encourage these sort of parking. Resolve this parking fee menace.