Around 250 heavy-duty Tata-make buses from various depots of Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) from districts like Nashik, Sinnar, Igatpuri, Malegaon, Lasalgaon, Manmad, Satna have started arriving in Mumbai as back-up to BEST after its bus-scrapping spree. The buses, stuck because of heavy rain, will be arriving on Thursday morning.

Lending a helping hand to Mumbai's BEST buses, MSRTC – one of India's largest bus fleets with about 18,000 buses, said it had kept about 1,000 buses ready for BEST. The MSRTC's fleet arrived with their maintenance and more buses will be despatched as things proceed.