It&rsquo;s not just citizens who have to bear with back-breaking commutes on the city&rsquo;s roads, but also BEST Undertaking. Nearly 200 of its buses have been sent to depots for repairs owing to potholes during the monsoon, alleged BEST committee member and advocate Sandesh Kondwilkar.
<img title="Of the 200 buses that needed repairs, 15 are double deckers. File pic" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2016/aug/BEST-buses.jpg" alt="Of the 200 buses that needed repairs, 15 are double deckers. File pic" />
Sources claimed 15 of these are double-decker buses. BEST runs 125 such buses.
The sources said BEST staff had to put in extra hours at work to get all the buses back in shape.
&ldquo;Look at the streets. They are riddled with potholes. Take a walk near the BEST depots. You&rsquo;ll find that the approach roads near the depots are filled with potholes,&rdquo; alleged Kondwilkar.
The Congress is now demanding that the BMC, responsible for the maintenance of roads, should bear the expenses of the buses&rsquo; repairs.
&ldquo;We pay road and other taxes, but roads are in such poor condition. Why shouldn&rsquo;t the BMC pay for buses&rsquo; repairs? We have had to run buses even on waterlogged streets,&rdquo; said the BEST member.
Mumbai&rsquo;s notorious potholes have claimed many lives and have often brought large parts of the city to a standstill.

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200 BEST buses have wound up back at depots for repairs owing to the abysmal state of the city&rsquo;s roads

Even BEST buses no match for potholes

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