The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation(BMC) has introduced a formula-based penalty for unauthorised parking which will be equivalent to about 40 times the existing parking charges, said officials. In July 2019, the civic body had introduced new parking rules and levying steep fines for unauthorised parking within 500 metres of designated public parking lots or BEST bus depots. The penalty was ranging from Rs.5,000 to Rs.23,250.

From today, don't be surprised if the fine for illegal-parking on Mumbai roads cost as-much-as or more than the bill for servicing a car at a workshop. Under a-new-rule imposed by BMC and Mumbai Traffic Police, those caught parking their vehicle in no-parking zones within 500-metre radius of the 26 public-parking lots in Mumbai will be given a ticket ranging from Rs.5,000 to Rs.23,000.

The deluge that swept Mumbai this week is part of an ominous trend of extreme weather events including short bursts of devastating rain after a dry patch phenomena whose frequency is rising because of climate-change, scientists say. Mumbai is in such a geographical position that once there is an active monsoon condition, it will get extremely heavy rainfall, IMD's director general of meteorology said.