The steel bus stops across the city have become a matter of concern for the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST). Following the death of a 22 year-old man, after he was electrocuted while leaning against the steel bus stop’s pole at Mahim, on May 3 and the 13 /7 blasts of 2011 that wrecked the bus stop at Dadar Kabutar Khana, the BEST committee members are a disgruntled lot.

They are furious that the administration didn’t take any preventive measures earlier and is springing into action only after people are having fatal accidents. They claim that soon after the 13/7 blasts, the BEST undertaking had stated that it would ask the contractors to regularly maintain these steel bus stops, which display illuminated advertisements, by conducting periodic checks. Unfortunately, this practice was carried out only for a few days.