The Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) drivers who came all the way from Nashik to bail out BEST buses, said they had been put up in very bad conditions. They said only after complaints of poor treatment and non-cooperation from the Undertaking that left many of them hungry and without accommodation, forcing them to stay in their buses, that they were bailed out after negotiations from their trade union. Now they have been put up at three and five-star hotels.

A bus driver said that they had been promised breakfast, lunch and dinner along with proper accommodation. However, they ended up being put up at the MSRTC rest house which got crowded, forcing many of them to spend the nights in the buses to avoid crowds.