But the surcharge proposal will require an approval from the state government. The Fadnavis government will have to clear it through the Maharashtra Stamp Act, 1958 and the MMC Act, 1888.

Sources say the state government is not in favour of putting an additional burden on the consumers. But, while making any decision the state government will need to consider that the BMC heavily depends on the sum of Rs. 3,000 crore, which it expects to collect with this surcharge.

Now the state government has to decide how to fund infrastructure projects without further burdening the common man’s dream of a home in Mumbai.