Summary:
THE BRIHANMUMBAI Municipal Corporation (BMC) has proposed to develop city’s five octroi nakas or checkpoints into ‘transport hubs’ — inter-state bus terminal or goods’ terminal. The five octroi nakas were scrapped following the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax in 2017. A transport hub is the need of the city. Hari Om Nagar Apex Federation Body vice-chairman, S Subramanian, who has lodged several complaints with the authorities about illegally parked vehicle along the octroi nakas, said the idea of converting the areas into a transport hub or parking lot was good. Octroi, collected as a form of tax on goods entering into the city, was BMC’s highest revenue generator..