anilthakraneyonsunday: Pirate BMC

Well, Mumbaikars used to turning a blind eye to BMC's corruption and failure for a long time will not bother about this move to levy taxes on the rent collected by landlords.Is the BMC authorised to do this? Can it be challenged ina court of law? Who will bell the fat cat?...Barring the few activists battling to save open spaces, clear pavements, implement non-hawking zones,no Mumbaikar has the time or inclination to fight for his rights. With the redevelopment of properties, corporators are getting richer, skimming the cream at the source, for themselves! That apart, the poor track record of BMC should have prompted right-thinking citizens to question as to where the funds already collected by BMC, the richest Civic body in India go..Yes, housing will be expensive, flats will remain vacant for want of residents.Buyers will hesitate to invest in real estate and hopefully the construction activity will come to a standstill. But in the long run, the increasing number of slums, encroachers, hawkers will turn away good citizens from coming here... Schemes such as these will hasten the demise of the so-called commercial capital of India... whom will they tax then?