BEST Undertaking claims to have incurred monetary losses due to delays and diversions due to Metro work across the city

Desparate times call for desperate measures. And if anything, the BEST Undertaking is making sure it makes most of this age-old advice. The transport body, which is reeling under financial duress, is now pinning responsibility for the unpunctuality of its bus services on the ongoing Metro work. To that effect, it has decided to fork out compensation from the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA). During the BEST Committee meeting held yesterday, the members discussed about the need for MMRDA and its sister concern MMRC, which is constructing the Metro rails in most parts of the city and suburbs, to reimburse them monetarily. "I've written a letter to the MMRDA asking them to reimburse us for the monetary loss that we are incurring due to diversions and delays of our buses," Anil Kokil, chairman, BEST Undertaking, confirmed.