The Taj Mahal Palace and Tower Hotel will have to pay Rs 5.5 crore as dues to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) for putting up flower pots, flower beds and barricades in the adjoining public space and blocking pedestrian movement.

The BMC had slapped the road charges on the hotel management for occupying the road adjacent to it in Colaba. The civic body has also asked the hotel to make footpaths available for pedestrian movement.