Shashank Rao

The unions have raised a series of demands, including the absorption of wet-lease employees into BEST, procurement of 5,000 BEST-owned buses, fresh staff recruitment, promotions for senior employees and protection of BEST properties from sale or long-term lease

Long queues were seen at bus stops across Mumbai as commuters waited for vehicles that never turned up. Left high and dry, commuters turned to alternative modes of transport such as autorickshaws, metro rail, taxis and aggregator taxi services, disrupting routines and forcing delays office-goers and students could ill-afford

The MMRDA has claimed that design changes in the project's alignment have helped reduce the environmental impact and save 949 trees along the corridor

Sources said some buses were allegedly targeted in stone-pelting incidents involving members of the 12-union umbrella body, the BEST Joint Workers' Action Committee or BEST Sanyukta Kamgar Kruti Samiti, after which the vehicles were recalled. As the day progressed, all buses remained parked inside the undertaking's 27 depots and bus stations

India, June 21 -- The indefinite strike called by a group of unions under the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking virtually

While most families have been allotted transit accommodation in railway colonies, around 40-50 families have been asked to move to the Air India staff colony in Kalina, which is around 3.5 km from the nearest railway station

Western Railway tests a special coating at Mumbai's Matunga Road station to speed up cleaning of paan stains, reducing removal time from 30 to 5 minutes.

Despite the BEST strike ending, 15%-20% of buses remain off roads as staff gradually return. Operations are improving but still below normal levels.

MUMBAI: Olectra Greentech, one of BEST's wet-lease operators, will no longer supply 1,414 electric buses after pulling out of a 2022 contract under

Central Railway (CR) officials said rail services were immediately suspended on the Turbhe-Koparkhairane section on the Trans-Harbour corridor