The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) spends Rs 15.82 lakh per month on public relations as part of its image building exercise. This was revealed in response to a RTI query filed by activist Anil Galgali.

In his reply to the RTI query, MMRDA Joint Project Director Dilip Kawatkar informed Anil Galgali that MMRDA had appointed PR agency -- M/s Ad Factor Pvt Ltd -- for a period of 6 months and paid them Rs 39,57,972 for the period from January 2014 to March 2014. Rs 7, 86,520 are balance with MMRDA.