Nearly two years after it was first proposed, the transfer of BEST's Dharavi and Kalakilla bus depots — spread across 11.58 acres — to the Adani-led Navbharat Mega Developers (NMDPL) for the Dharavi Redevelopment Project is now moving forward. On Tuesday, the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) committee approved the transfer of the two bus depots. The proposal now moves to the BMC.

The proposal

As per the proposal, since the two permanent replacement depots will take up to seven years to build, an interim arrangement has been worked out by building temporary bus depots.