At a time when the Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) is trying to recover from huge losses, it has come to light that they have excess computer equipment obsolete software and hardware in their office premises and bus depots. The BEST members, many of whom belong to different political parties, claim that there are way too many servers, central processing units, monitors and printers, which are not required. Most of the equipment is labelled with unknown brand names, and the members claim they are assembled pieces that require more maintenance.

The committee members have questioned the presence of 95 colour printers, which according to them are not required, as it is not a creative agency or printing press where such equipment is essential. In the last five years, BEST administration was operating on one of the most outdated computer software to maintain its data of electricity consumers, time and attendance records of the staff and their service schedules.