The documents obtained through the Right To Information Act have revealed that since 2019, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has paid Rs 590 crore to MHADA as repair cess charges it recovered. The BMC's Assessment Department recovered the charges from 17,057 cessed buildings in South Mumbai.

RTI activist Anil Galgali claimed that despite collecting such a large amount of funds, MHADA and BMC has been washing away their hands to take the responsibility of illegal buildings and alterations carried out by the landlords or the tenants, inviting frequent incidents of wall and building collapses.