MUMBAI: The city’s transport network faces the threat of major disruption after the BEST Workers Union issued a deadline to municipal authorities, warning of a major agitation if long-standing grievances over wage agreements, fleet ownership and land sales are not addressed by mid-August. The warning comes as the union leadership broke ranks with an umbrella…
Mumbai: BEST is preparing for a major shift in its bus operations, with plans to gradually move away from dependence on wet-lease buses and build a fleet of 5,000 self-owned vehicles, including a large electric bus component.Speaking to media after a panel meeting on Tuesday, BEST general manager Sonia Sethi said the undertaking currently has…
The plan was discussed at BEST committee meeting Mumbai: Heavy rainfall on Sunday led to waterlogging in several parts of Mumbai, prompting BEST to divert buses on 43 routes across the city. According to BEST officials, diversions were implemented in nine waterlogged locations, including parts of Chembur, Dadar, Byculla, Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) and Vidyavihar, to…
People wait in a queue for taxis outside Dadar railway station on the second day of the BEST strike (R, Photo credit: PTI) MUMBAI: The BEST strike continued for the third day today with buses off roads. The MSRTC has provided 100 buses to BEST on Sunday of which 60 buses were used to ferry…
BEST employees continue their indefinite strike for a second day (File photo, Image enhanced with AI) MUMBAI: Despite appeals from the Maharashtra transport minister and the invocation of the Maharashtra Essential Services Maintenance Act (MESMA), employees of the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking continued their indefinite strike for the second consecutive day on…
BEST plans to expand its fleet to 7,000 buses by 2027 Mumbai: The city’s public transport system is set for a significant boost as BEST plans to procure 1,500 new air-conditioned midi buses, backed by fresh funding from the Centre.According to officials, these midi buses will primarily operate as feeder services to Metro stations as…
Miniature bus models at the BEST museum at Wadala’s Anik Depot “Why is the BEST bus red?” kids often ask Yatin Pimpale. “Just as local trains are the arteries of the city, BEST buses are its blood vessels,” comes the reply.Tucked away on the third floor of an elevator-less building in Wadala’s Anik depot, the…
BEST panel members Ramakant Gupta & Ajay Singh BEST Oshiwara depot bus inspection Mumbai: After exposing leakages in BEST buses during the pre-monsoon showers recently, three committee members conducted a surprise visit during the weekend to the Oshiwara bus depot, where some of the buses are parked, and found, to their surprise, more leakages and…
Fatalities involving wet lease BEST buses rose from 19 in 2024-25 to 21 in 2025-26, the undertaking’s latest statistics show. But deaths involving BEST-owned buses fell from five to three Mumbai: Fatalities involving wet lease BEST buses rose from 19 in 2024-25 to 21 in 2025-26, the undertaking’s latest statistics show. But deaths involving BEST-owned…
BEST officials attributed the interruptions to a “cable fault” Mumbai: Power outages continued across parts of Girgaum late Sunday night and early Monday, leaving residents exhausted after another night of disrupted sleep and prompting many to plan a protest over what they describe as recurring, late-night power cuts. Several pockets reported interruptions from around midnight…
