The Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport Undertaking (BEST) on Tuesday launched 150 brand-new, fully electric buses to strengthen Mumbai’s sustainable and eco-friendly public transport network, officials said. Pics/Eknath Shinde's office
28 October,2025 08:00 PM IST | Asif Ali Sayed
Bus number 1864 (MH-01 AP 0748) faded into the afternoon air at Malvani depot earlier this week, marking the end of an era for Mumbai’s Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport Undertaking (BEST)’s last full-sized vehicle introduced under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) in 2009. Pics/Special Arrangement by Rajendra B. Aklekar
25 October,2025 10:22 PM IST | Asif Ali Sayed
Mumbai's BEST wet-lease employees are holding a vote to decide if they will strike. As they are demanding "equal pay for equal work," arguing that they perform the same jobs as permanent BEST staff but receive lower wages and fewer benefits. (Pic/Rajendra B. Aklekar).
08 July,2025 05:15 PM IST | Divya Nair
The employees of the private bus operators in BEST on Tuesday afternoon announced their decision to call off their strike claiming that Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has assured them of fulfilling their salary hike and other demands. Photo: Sayyed Sameer Abedi
08 August,2023 02:27 PM IST | EditorADVERTISEMENT
