88 killed in five years in BEST accidents.

Deccan Herald: Mrutunjay Bose: Mumbai: Sunday, January 14, 2025.

Rs 42.40 crores as financial compensation has been given to the next of kin of the dead and injured citizens.

Accidents involving buses of the BrihanMumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) has claimed 88 lives in the last ve years, according to information received under the Right to Information Act (RTI) in the wake of the shocking Kurla road accident.

Rs 42.40 crores as nancial compensation has been given to the next of kin of the dead and injured citizens.

Egal Benjamin, Senior Transport Ofcer of BEST, gave detailed information about the last 5 years to Galgali. In the last 5 years, there have been 834 accidents involving BEST and private contractors. Of these, BEST staff was involved in 352 accidents with 51 fatalities while private contractors had 37 fatalities out of 482 accidents. “The year 2022-23 and the year 2023-24 recorded the highest 21 deaths each,” said Galgali.