The transport body has said that it has decided to discontinue 400 leased buses service temporarily till the operator take necessary corrective measures to ensure that such incidents do not happen in future.
Mumbai rains: The India Meteorological Department has predicted partly cloudy skies in the morning and light to moderate rainfall in the city and its suburbs in the evening.
Mumbai has reported five-digit COVID-19 cases for the first time since April 7, 2021, when it had reported 10,428 cases and 23 fatalities during the second wave of the pandemic.
The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) on Sunday informed that the local bus service will resume in Mumbai from Monday onwards.
BEST buses employees in Mumbai have called for a complete strike in the city today after at least 8 staff members have so far died due to coronavirus while serving the duty. The BEST union have over 28,000 staff who runs the biggest public road transport in the metropolitan, therefore, bus service is likely to be affected in Mumbai today.
As per the BEST workers' union and BMC's previous submissions in court, a 'one-step' increase in pay for BEST workers amounts to around Rs 330 per month.
The Sena had promised merger of the budgets during the civic poll campaign in 2017.
BEST employees began the indefinite strike on Tuesday over various demands, including higher salaries and merger of the budget of the loss-making undertaking with that of the BMC.
The employees came forward for the strike after the BEST administration failed to come up with any concrete solution to resolve their long-pending demands.
The BEST workers' union had decided to go ahead with the bus strike from midnight to press for their demands, including timely payment of salaries.
Mumbai. Mar 31 : Travel on BEST buses in Mumbai will become costlier from tomorrow (April 1). BEST today announced a hike in bus fare from 15 to 25 per cent.The minimum fare by ordinary
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