The BEST Undertaking on Tuesday slashed fees for parking of private vehicles at bus depots following requests by the Mumbai Parking Authority and also approved buying of 37 new non-AC buses under Tejaswini scheme for exclusive use for women commuters.

After slashing down the fare of its buses, the parking fee has been drastically reduced so instead of paying monthly charge of Rs 5,000, Rs 4,000 and Rs 3,000 for parking heavy, light and two-wheelers respectively at bus depots for 12-hours, the rates have now slashed to Rs 2000 for buses, Rs 3,630, Rs 1,540 for cars and taxis and for 2-wheelers Rs 660, monthly.