Following a sharp dip in its property tax collection estimates this year, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has begun to crack the whip on defaulters. The National Sports Club in Worli, with pending dues of Rs 66.67 crore towards the civic body, is among the first ones to be hit.

Around 32 other organisations and developers with dues to the tune of Rs 216 crore are on the BMC radar too. The civic body has sent several recovery and reminder notices to these organisations in the past and will now begin sealing or attaching (transfer of property from debtor to creditor by legal process) properties of 25 of these. The remaining seven are likely to see disconnection of water supply.