India, May 15 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has issued a show cause notice and imposed a penalty of Rs.15,000 on an agency managing the pay-and-park facility near Jehangir Art Gallery in Kala Ghoda. The civic body has also filed a complaint against the staff at the parking lot and started the process of blacklisting the agency after a sting operation revealed that motorists were being charged more than double the approved fee.

The agency was awarded the contract for managing the parking facility in BMC's A ward, which has the capacity to accommodate 100 four-wheelers and 45 two-wheelers. The approved parking fee was Rs.70 per hour for four-wheelers and Rs.20 per hour for two-wheelers.

After the BMC received complaints ...