Row over BEST’s new AC bus service fares
The Hindu
While officials of the Maharashtra Motor Vehicles Department said the bus service fares have not been approved by MMRTA, the BEST administration claimed its policy-making body has given it nod to the fares.
A point-to-point air-conditioned BEST bus service, launched recently in Mumbai by Maharashtra Minister Aaditya Thackeray, has run into a controversy over the issue of its fares, which some passengers and activists have claimed to be “exorbitant”.
While officials of the Maharashtra Motor Vehicles Department told PTI that the bus service fares have not been approved by the regulator – Mumbai Metropolitan Region Transport Authority (MMRTA), the BEST administration claimed its policy-making body has given it nod to the fares.
On Sunday, the State Environment and Tourism Minister and Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray inaugurated 60 new electric buses of the point-to-point service of the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST), the transport undertaking of the Sena-ruled city civic body. The bus service started from Tuesday.