Mangalore City Mayor Premananda Shetty has asked the police to take serious note and impose fine on the people parking vehicles on footpaths in the city. The Mayor said that several roads in the city have been widened and footpaths have been constructed. But some people parked their four-wheelers and two-wheelers on footpaths causing trouble to pedestrians. During a co-ordination meeting called by him to address traffic management issues, the Mayor said that the civic body will extend to the police the necessary cooperation in the matter. The Mayor has instructed the officials of the civic body to ensure that marriage halls made proper arrangements for parking vehicles. They can hire nearby vacant sites on marriage day. If vacant space of the corporation is available nearby, they can apply to the corporation, pay a fee for hiring the space for the marriage day. The step is to avoid roadside parking thereby causing inconvenience to road users. He also mentioned that the civic body will join hands with the police in creating awareness among people not to violate traffic rules.