Under a wet lease, buses are not owned by BEST. A private contractor takes care of operations and maintenance of buses procured from a manufacturer, and takes care of staff recruitment and their salaries.
Mumbai weather: The India Meteorological Department has issued an orange alert for heavy rainfall in Mumbai, Ratnagiri, and Satara districts. A red alert has been issued for Pune, Raigad, Thane, and Palghar districts.
The bus stand has a QR code which gives information of nearby facilities like public toilets, mall, cafe etc, similarly having transparent fiber glass shed, a library,' free wifi among other facilities.
The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) has prohibited people from indulging in loud conversations on mobile phones. Commuters will now have to watch videos with their headphones on while travelling on BEST buses or else they could face action.
With 50 premium AC buses in its fleet, BEST is able to provide comfortable experience to commuters and the proof is that over 5,000 commuters are using the services daily.