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BEST Strike Disrupts Mumbai Commuters: Students, Office-Goers, And Residents Share Their Daily Ordeal
39+ min ago (59+ words) Mumbai commuters, including office-goers and students, described major disruptions as the BEST employees" strike continued into a second day. Many said they were forced to switch to costly autos, cabs or crowded trains due to suspended bus services. Travellers from…...
BEST Strike Drives Mumbai Metro Ridership Surge: Aqua Line Up 40%, Line 1 Crosses Four Lakh
1+ hour, 12+ min ago (61+ words) Mumbai Metro ridership surged sharply on the second day of the BEST employees" strike, with Line 3 recording 1. 42 lakh passengers till 7 pm on June 20, up nearly 40% from a week earlier. Metro Line 1 also saw a major jump as commuters shifted away…...
BEST Strike Enters Second Day Crippling Mumbai Bus Services; MESMA Invoked, Nearly Complete Fleet Shutdown
1+ hour, 20+ min ago (57+ words) The ongoing BEST employees" strike has paralysed Mumbai"s bus network for a second day, with almost all services off the roads and negligible staff attendance. The administration has invoked MESMA and arranged alternative buses through MSRTC and private operators....
BEST Strike Continues But 60 Additional Buses Deployed In Mumbai For NEET Candidates Amid Disruptions
5+ hour, 18+ min ago (57+ words) Amid the ongoing BEST employees" strike, Mumbai administration has deployed 60 additional buses and arranged 100 MSRTC buses to help NEET candidates reach exam centres. Services will operate during key hours across 63 centres in the city. Authorities also issued MESMA notices to…...
BEST Bus Strike Day 2: Agitating Workers Skip Duty Marking Negligible Attendance, Bring Mumbai's Road Transport System To Its Knees
14+ hour, 38+ min ago (171+ words) Mumbai's BEST bus services remained severely disrupted on Saturday as the employees' strike entered its second day. Attendance collapsed across operational categories, with no turnout staff reporting for duty and only a handful of drivers and conductors present. The protest…...
'We Work 16 Hours For Just "20, 000': Protesting BEST Employee Slams Contract Hiring As Mumbai Bus Strike Continues - VIDEO
16+ hour, 22+ min ago (480+ words) Mumbai: As Mumbai continued to reel under massive commuting disruptions due to the ongoing BEST employees" strike, protesting workers on Saturday intensified their attack on the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) administration over contractual hiring and low wages. Protest…...
Mumbai BEST Bus Strike Enters Day 2; Lakhs Of Commuters Hit As Services Remain Largely Paralysed
17+ hour, 13+ min ago (475+ words) Mumbai: Mumbai is likely to face another day of major commuting chaos on Saturday as the indefinite strike by employees of the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking continues, with no breakthrough yet in talks between unions and the…...
BEST Strike Forces Mumbaikars To Metro And Overcrowded Taxis, Metro Ridership Surges By Over 30, 000 Passengers
21+ hour, 34+ min ago (490+ words) Free Press Journal BEST Strike Forces Mumbaikars To Metro And Overcrowded Taxis, Metro Ridership Surges By Over 30, 000 Passengers In Mumbai, the ongoing BEST employees" strike forced thousands of commuters to shift to metros, railways and sharing taxis, causing overcrowding across…...
BEST Strike Brings Mumbai Bus Network To A Halt; Unions Hold Out For CM-Level Intervention
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (259+ words) BEST strike entered its first full day on Friday, severely disrupting public transport, with only 48 of 2, 766 scheduled buses operating. Unions refused to withdraw the agitation despite talks with Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik, insisting on a meeting with CM Devendra Fadnavis…...
Commuters Face Travel Disruptions As Public Transport Day In BKC Coincides With BEST Bus Strike
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (330+ words) Mumbai: Friday (June 19) marked the second day of 'Public Transport Day', an initiative launched by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) in association with WRI India at the Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC). The initiative aims to encourage individuals, employees, and…...