While there was no clarity from the BEST Undertaking on how they intend to handle the lockdown announced by trade unions for workers' safety on Monday, with the General Manager simply stating that essential workers' movement will not be hampered, its officials have asked the MSRTC to keep buses ready. Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) officials said they had kept around 400 buses ready.

The BEST was in silent mode as General Manager Surendra Bagde did not respond, and the BEST public relations department said they were waiting for directions from him. At last count in BEST, there were 120 COVID-19 positive cases, eight deaths due to it and 50 people had been discharged so far.