The taxi strike of September 1 benefited the BEST greatly as the undertaking managed to ferry more than 2 lakh more passengers during the taxi bandh and earned Rs 40 lakh extra through ticket sales on that day. Sources in BEST said that with more than 90 percent of the black and yellow cabs plus the 12000 plus private cabs operated by Uber and Ola, off-roads there was ample space for the buses to move.

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