The AC buses have a poor record of 18,000 passengers per day, causing operational losses to the tune of R200 crore annually. Pic/ Sayyed Sameer Abedi

The Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) has stopped running its 266 AC buses from today, even though permission to do so is yet to come from the BEST Committee. As per process, the administration has to moot an idea to this committee (it comprises members representing various political parties), which then passes or disposes of their proposal.