Following all the noise around BMC's new towing charges, civic authorities released a press statement explaining the high charges levied by the civic body on your towed vehicle. It includes towing charges, storage charges and other overhead charges, the statement said, adding that the contractor will only get towing charges, around Rs 400 per vehicle, as per the tender approved by traffic police. The fines, thus, are not to help the towing contractors, it clarified.

The civic body charged over Rs 2,500 for towed cars and heavy motor vehicles under the head of Towing Charges, raising several eyebrows as citizens feared that it was to help the contractors.