The BMC’s proposal of waiving off Rs 10 crore of the Taj Mahal Palace is still awaiting the nod of the standing committee. Opposition parties have strongly objected to the ‘stand’ of the ruling Shiv Sena for the proposal, but the chairman of the committee hasn’t yet taken it up for discussion.

The proposal of waiving off the charges of the hotel for occupying adjacent footpaths and public parking space for the past 12 years, was tabled in the standing committee meeting on December 9. Though the opposition parties raised objections, the chairman of the committee and Sena corporator Yashwant Jadhav did not take the proposal up for discussion in the past two meetings. As per the BMC Act 1888, rule 69 C, the Standing Committee shall dispose of the proposals within 30 days from the receipt, failing which it will be considered approved.