There is not only a shortage of buses, but a lack of well trained drivers to run the existing fleet. The contractual buses, which form two-third of the fleet, are run by private and "mostly less experienced" drivers hired by contractors, they alleged.
The group of unions, which met at Dadar for a day recently, will petition BEST management this week as they feel “cheated” regarding a MoU which was signed a few years back to maintain a minimum 3,337 BEST owned buses in the fleet.
While workers threaten protest, they also seek to approach politicians, especially candidates standing for Lok Sabha elections in Mumbai constituencies, to take up their cause at rallies starting soon.
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