The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has proposed to increase the cost of parking by a whopping 300 per cent in the most popular areas of the city.

Dividing the city into three zones, the civic administration has proposed a Rs 60 per hour charge for parking lots in "most popular" areas such as Fort, Nariman Point, Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Colaba among others. The existing parking fee for such lots is Rs 20 per hour. According to civic data, there are about 62 such parking lots in the city.