With more than 250 private bus owners slapped with steep parking fines over the past couple of months, they now plan to move court in the matter. The owners are of the opinion that the civic body has been unfairly targeting them since they introduced the Rs 10,000 parking fine earlier this year.

Malik Patel, secretary of Mumbai Bus Malak Sanghatna said that about 6,000 private buses ferry office-goers, students and out-station tourists. He added that the bus owners pay multiple charges to the traffic police, Regional Transport Office and now to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). "How are we supposed to run a business when we have to pay so many charges? We have no intention of being an obstruction to traffic. But what kind of provisions have the BMC made for us?" he asked.