With excitement and cheer amid bus fans, transport experts and commuters, the Association of Designers has proposed holding a competition for a unique new double-decker bus for Mumbai. They want it on the lines of a competition announced for double-deckers in 2008, 'New Bus for London Competition,' by Transport for London, and will soon approach the BEST with their idea.

Following several emotional appeals from Mumbaikars and a series of mid-day reports, the BEST Undertaking last week placed work orders by inviting tenders for 100 new double-decker buses maintaining the same Routemaster design, but in an advanced and upgraded avatar.