A harried bus driver of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC), one of India's largest bus fleets with over 17,000 buses, wrote a letter to the Chief Minister's Office, seeking his pending salary since March 2020. He also sought permission to go to the Indo-China border to 'fight for the country and die with honour'.

In a letter dated July 2, 2020 (a copy of which is with mid-day), Nalasopara resident Anand Manohar Helgaonkar, posted at Mumbai Central bus depot, said he has been employed with the MSRTC since 1999 and had been unwell recently.