IFP Editorial: Instead of availing their own parking spaces, commercial establishments encroach upon the footpath also for display of their wares and the adjacent public road for parking of their staff vehicles and of the shoppers.

When Vice President Venkaiah Naidu visited Imphal many roads in and around the city were clogged with traffic congestion as ordinary vehicles were diverted from the routes the VVIP was travelling.

IFP Editorial: The time has come for the government and municipal authorities to enact a law to prohibit vehicle parking on all roads and to make it mandatory for every vehicle owner to have their own parking spaces for their vehicles.