Bus services remained severely disrupted across Mumbai today as the strike by employees of the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking entered its third day.
However, the BEST undertaking said it had arranged more than 100 buses to facilitate students appearing for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) re-examination in the city.
Union leaders have maintained that the agitation will continue until the government gives a definite commitment on their demands, including the merger of BEST’s budget with that of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
They are also demanding implementation of the Seventh Pay Commission recommendations, settlement of retired employees’ dues, abolition of contractual arrangements in transport and the absorption of wet-lease bus workers into BEST.