A flash strike by contractual Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) drivers and conductors led to disruption of bus services for some time at Magathane bus depot in western suburbs on Monday. The strike was called by after intervention and negotiations by the BEST Workers Union. This is the second time in recent months that such a strike has taken place.

“The workers were angry over the high-handed attitude of BEST officials and refused to take to the buses. Shashank Sharad Rao and I visited the depot in the morning to intervene and conducted negotiations with the local administration,” BEST Kamgar Sanghatna general secretary, Jagnayaran Kahar, said.