The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply & Transport (BEST) Undertaking wants a toll waiver on buses crossing Mumbai limits. BEST Chairperson Trushna Vishwasrao has written to Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde — who also holds the Urban Development, Housing, and Public Works portfolios — about the mounting financial stress on the public transport undertaking due to tolls. The demand comes at a time when BEST continues to grapple with financial constraints even as it expands services across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.

What BEST says…

>> Daily services are being operated on 40 routes connecting Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai, and Mira-Bhayandar using 382 buses
>> Waiver will make tickets cheaper and attract more passengers to services