NDMC parking fees may rise across Lutyens’ Delhi after the New Delhi Municipal Council invited tenders to hand over the operation of 157 parking facilities to contractors. The tender document proposes higher hourly charges and monthly passes for two-wheelers and cars, although the final rates will depend on the tender and subsequent implementation process.
The proposed changes cover off-street, on-street and multilevel parking facilities. For cars, the off-street hourly charge is proposed to increase from Rs 20 to Rs 30, while the on-street rate could rise from Rs 50 to Rs 70. The proposed monthly pass for off-street car parking would increase from Rs 2,000 to Rs 4,000. At multilevel parking facilities, the monthly pass is proposed to rise from Rs 1,000 to Rs 3,300.
For two-wheelers, the off-street hourly rate is proposed to increase from Rs 10 to Rs 15. The on-street charge could rise from Rs 20 to Rs 30. The monthly pass for off-street two-wheeler parking is proposed at Rs 2,000, compared with the existing Rs 1,000, while the multilevel parking pass could increase from Rs 500 to Rs 1,000.
The tender divides the 157 parking facilities into three clusters. The first cluster covers Connaught Place, while the second and third cover the northern and southern areas of Connaught Place respectively. The monthly licence fee for the three clusters has been fixed at Rs 6.40 crore, according to the tender details cited in the report.
NDMC has set November 12 as the deadline for submitting bids and November 13 for opening the technical bids. The tender process is expected to be completed by December 2026, with work orders for the new contractors likely to be issued in January 2027, according to officials cited by the report. These dates describe the proposed procurement timeline and do not by themselves confirm that the revised charges have been finally approved.
The council has previously attempted to appoint contractors to operate the parking facilities. According to the report, three earlier tender attempts did not succeed. NDMC is currently operating the facilities itself, while an earlier operator, Sai Neptun, had run the system with smart parking features.
That earlier arrangement included information on parking availability, online payments and advance booking of parking slots. The new tender would therefore determine not only who operates the facilities but also how users access and pay for parking across central Delhi’s most commercially and institutionally important areas.
The proposed increase comes as Connaught Place and surrounding parts of Lutyens’ Delhi continue to serve shoppers, office workers, visitors and government-related activity. For these users, the eventual effect will depend on whether the tender is successfully awarded, whether the proposed charges are retained and when the new operating system becomes active. NDMC’s next stated milestones are bid submission by November 12, technical bid opening on November 13 and possible work-order issuance in January 2027.
