The Dhirubhai Ambani Memorial Trust (DAMT) owes the BMC more than Rs 2 crore in property tax and rent. The NGO used to run a care centre for senior citizens in the BMC’s maternity home at Girgaum from 2004. It was supposed to pay this amount to the BMC, until the centre closed down in August last year, but still has not. The BMC has now begun legal proceedings for the same. The NGO claims the matter is under dispute.

The centre was run at the Suryakant Wagal Maternity Home at Girgaum. The DAMT had asked for rent waiver, which was sanctioned in 2011. However, it was asked to pay it till then and subsequently pay rent of Rs 1 p.a. along with property tax, electricity charges and water bills. Pic/Satej Shinde