The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) decision to tackle the city's illegal parking menace has fallen flat with corporators opposing the move of charging hefty fines without providing the required infrastructure or additional parking space to citizens. Not only members of the ruling coalition, but even the Opposition also opposed the move at the civic body's general body meeting on Monday.

Recently, the BMC had declared that they would identify roads in 1-km radius of public parking lots and mark them as no-parking zones. Those found parking their vehicles in these areas would be fined anything between Rs 1,000-Rs 10,000. And in case of a repeat offence, the vehicle would be towed away. Civic sources said they would also convert some of the roads into pay-and-park zones.