Crying foul over the steep parking charges, owners of shops on Hill Road in Bandra west claim that while civic officials are busy towing away vehicles, they are turning a blind eye to the lack of parking space in the only public parking lot (PPL) in the area and not taking action against hawkers who have long posed a problem to their customers and pedestrians.

The only PPL in the H West ward is located on Hill Road and has only 92 slots. When mid-day visited it on Wednesday, the contractor's staff member flatly said there were no vacant spots. This, the shop owners claim, is the scenario every single day. The four levels of the PPL are full of auto rickshaws, some of which are covered, high-end cars like Audis and Jaguars, and a couple of vintage cars, all of which are covered.