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Several red BEST buses operating on a Mumbai roadway as services resume after the employee strike was called off following an agreement between unions and the Maharashtra government.

Mumbai’s lifeline is back as BEST strike called off

June 22, 2026 1:00 pm

Govt accepts key demands: Announces interim wage hike, clearance of gratuity dues

By 2 pm, bus operations had come to a complete halt, with zero buses running against the scheduled deployment of 2,665 services. (File)

Mumbai bus crisis worsens as BEST strike enters second day

June 20, 2026 9:47 pm

BEST strike in Mumbai intensified on its second day, bringing bus operations to a near standstill and affecting thousands of daily commuters.

The strike, led by the BEST Sanyukt Kamgar Kruti Samiti, a joint action committee of 12 unions, began at midnight on Thursday after negotiations with the administration failed to resolve

BEST strike enters Day 2, bus services grind to a halt across Mumbai

June 20, 2026 1:57 pm

Bus services across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) remain severely disrupted as the indefinite strike by Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) employees enters its second day.

Over 1,000 BEST wet lease buses remain off streets as strike continues

August 06, 2023 6:07 pm

Under a wet lease, buses are not owned by BEST. A private contractor takes care of operations and maintenance of buses procured from a manufacturer, and takes care of staff recruitment and their salaries.

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BEST strike: 10-step increment suggestion not acceptable, says workers' union general secretary

January 16, 2019 7:34 am

As measures to revive the cash-strapped BEST, the BMC and the BEST had suggested route rationalisation, stopping pay hikes and allowances to its staff and wet leasing of buses.

BEST workers’ agitation: If everybody strikes, what happens to rule of law?

January 15, 2019 6:52 am

On the direction of the Bombay High Court, the state government had appointed a three-member panel, headed by the chief secretary, to resolve the dispute between BEST and its striking employees.

Mumbai: No written proposal yet from authority, BEST buses will continue to remain off roads

January 13, 2019 6:50 am

Sunday will be the sixth day of the strike called by over 30,000 BEST employees demanding, among other things, timely disbursal of their salaries and merger of the BEST’s budget with that of BMC.

BEST buses on strike from today

January 08, 2019 2:04 am

Earlier on December 24, the BEST workers’ union had announced that all its buses will be off the roads from the midnight of January 7 after talks with the management failed.