BJP corporator Abhijit Samant has accused JW Marriot Mumbai Sahar of not handing over about 11,000 sq m of open space as Recreational Ground (RG) for permanent and full-time use of the public.

He further claimed that the hotel had used all the FSI (floor space index) without handing over 20 per cent of RG space to the BMC Garden department. "Instead, there is a sewerage treatment plant operational in the space," he said. He also said that such violations are rampant and are being committed by two other hotels around the airport.