Business
Standard: Mumbai: Tuesday, 04 August 2015.
The
Brihanmumbai Electric Supply Transport (BEST), which runs the bus fleet in
Mumbai, is facing a revenue gap of Rs 2.26 crore everyday despite over 28 lakh
Mumbaikars using the services on a daily basis, an RTI query has found.
The MCGM's
Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport, popularly known as BEST buses, is
apparently in a tight spot with a revenue deficit of nearly Rs 2.26 crore per
day, according to RTI activist Anil Galgali based on a response to a query
filed by him.
Galgali had
sought information with regard to the working of BEST buses, considered one of
the important lifelines of Mumbai city.
The RTI query
had demanded expenses per kilometre incurred by the BEST, along with the income
generated by the BEST per day and number of people using the services.
In reply to
the query, BEST's Assistant Manager Abhay Shelar informed that as per the
figures available with them of May 2015, the expense mounts to rupees Rs 6.16
crore per day.
As per June
2015, the total income through fares for BEST is Rs 3.90 crore per day and per
kilometre expenditure is Rs 97.75. Also, on an average 28.39 lakh people use
the services, the reply mentioned.
Therefore,
BEST losses Rs 2.26 crore everyday to provide services to Mumbaikars, Galgali
said.
As of today,
Rs eight is charged as base fare for regular services, Rs eight (base fare) for
limited buses of BEST, Rs 10 for express buses and Rs 30 for AC bus services.
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