Presenting the figures of the nine-day bus strike, BEST General Manager Surendra Bagde on Monday said that the BEST undertaking was ready with a plan for its revival, and that it would be appropriate to place it before the court-appointed mediator, so that it remained unbiased.

The strike led to the damage of 17 buses in 10 cases of stone throwing injuring one driver and caused major losses. Bagde said the losses were not new to the undertaking, and more so, after the power wing funding to the bus wing stopped. In numerous meetings with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the Mayor, it had been estimated that it would require about Rs 10,000 crore to bring the undertaking back on track.