Workers inconvenienced as BEST pays a big portion of salaries in coins PTI Mumbai | Updated on × A banking issue with the civic-run Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) Undertaking has left around 40,000 of its employees getting a sizeable portion of their salaries in the form of coins over the past few months, giving their remuneration an unwanted heft. The undertaking, which operates a 4,000-bus strong transport system as well as supplies electricity to some 10 lakh consumers in the metropolis' island district, has been getting massive quantity of coins from passengers by way of ticket fare, as well as cash for power bills.