Chandigarh Municipal Corporation has collected ₹1.7 crore through its unified One Pass parking system since its launch in late January 2026, with monthly passes accounting for most of the 24,489 passes issued during the first eight months, according to civic body records.
The system issued 16,022 monthly passes for four-wheelers and 8,467 for two-wheelers between its launch and September 2026. Four-wheeler passes generated ₹1.4 crore, while two-wheeler passes brought in ₹26.9 lakh, making cars the main source of parking revenue for the corporation.
Commuters showed a strong preference for monthly plans over longer-duration passes. For four-wheelers, the civic body issued 2,847 quarterly passes, 723 half-yearly passes and 402 yearly passes during the period. For two-wheelers, the figures were 714 quarterly passes, 105 half-yearly passes and 15 yearly passes.
The One Pass system allows commuters to apply for parking passes digitally. The municipal corporation said online processing has streamlined the issuance process and helped it create a more organised database of parking users. The system is intended to bring parking transactions across the civic body’s paid parking network under a common pass mechanism.
Pass sales recorded a dip after April, following an initial surge after the system was introduced. However, monthly demand has since stabilised, with the corporation continuing to issue more than 1,200 four-wheeler passes and about 900 two-wheeler passes every month, according to the report.
Civic body sources attributed the change in demand to the frequency with which people use paid parking facilities. “Though the commuters are taking the passes regularly, those who don’t have to use the paid parking passes regularly are avoiding to get them issued. Instead, they pay for parking slips only for those days when they have to park,” the sources said.
The sources added that the early enthusiasm around the unified system led many commuters to purchase monthly passes, but some later shifted to paying for individual parking sessions when they did not need regular access. This indicates that the system is serving two distinct user groups: frequent commuters who benefit from a monthly pass and occasional users who continue to pay at the time of parking.
The revenue figures also show how parking administration is becoming a measurable municipal finance and service-management function. By recording pass categories and payment patterns digitally, the corporation can track demand across vehicle types and pass durations while continuing to issue both regular passes and daily parking slips.
The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation’s next operational focus remains the continued issuance of digital parking passes and the management of the unified database as monthly demand stabilises.
