”In a letter written to OEM For Buick Tail Lights civic chief Ajoy Mehta Congress corporator Ashraf Azmi said“Despite providing all facilities if they do not pay the civic charges, the BMC should organise marathon on its own.A senior civic official said, “BMC has asked the marathon organisers to furnish evidences of the event being of social nature.Irked with this, corporators have demanded that the civic body should hold the event on their own. Ajoy Mehta Mumbai: Five months after slapping charges of Rs 2.
But they have failed to do so.”.Irked with this, corporators have demanded that the civic body should hold the event on their own.48 crore within24 hours, failing to which it threatened to take action under 328/328A of MMC Act for defacing the city.74 crore. While it was held for couple of days, the civic body has charged us for 30 days, which is not correct.74 crore.48 crore for municipal taxes and services charges. The request the civic officials to be considerate. However, the civic body later relented and allowed organisers to go on with the marathon by allowing them to pay charges of Rs 22.74 crore on the organizersof Mumbai Marathon, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is yet to collect the money from them.
They have also failed to pay the charges of Rs 2.90 lakh, which were equivalent to last year fees. The fee was levied for display of advertisements by means of hoardings, brandings and lesser show during the marathon.74 crore to the civic body so far.Claiming that a marathon is a commercial event, the civic body had earlier asked the event management firm M/s Procam International to shell out Rs 5. But later the civic body revised the charges to Rs 2.Speaking on this, Arvind Reddy, co-ordinator, M/s Procam International, said, “The marathon is a charity event, which is held for a social cause.
The substantial rise in BMC’s charges was largely due to the commercial rates it decided to charge from this year, said civic officials. But after the event, thecivic body has continued with its demand asking them to pay Rs 2. However, the marathon organisers have refused to pay the charges maintaining their stand that it’s a charity event.Just before the marathon, which was held on January 15 in the city, the BMC had asked the marathon organisers to pay Rs 5
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