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Mumbai BEST aims to double bus fleet to 5400 with Rs 3000 crore funding
Updated On: 12 March, 2026 04:07 PM IST | Mumbai | Rajendra B. Aklekar
City bus operator got just Rs 1000 crore in civic budget; warns rising costs and mounting losses are pushing the transport utility deeper into financial trouble
City’s largest bus network is increasingly dependent on civic subsidies to keep Mumbai moving. File pic
Mumbai’s civic bus operator BEST has sought a Rs 3000 crore financial lifeline from the BMC to stabilise its struggling finances, expand its bus fleet and clear pending dues of retired staff. BEST chairperson Trushna Vishwasrao, the undertaking’s first woman chief, said the request was made after BMC allocated only Rs 1000 crore in its budget. With mounting operational losses and rising fuel, maintenance and staff costs, the city’s largest bus network is dependent on civic subsidies to keep Mumbai moving.
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