Updated On: 25 February, 2025 10:43 AM IST | Mumbai | Rajendra B. Aklekar
Under the wet lease model, private operators take care of the maintenance of buses and the salaries of drivers; in January, the contractual employees of a private operator hired by the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport undertaking went on a flash strike

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The BEST bus drivers and conductors of the wetlease company went on a flash strike at Wadala depot on Tuesday morning.
"Today, the bus drivers and conductors of the Mateshwari Company, a private contractor company in the BEST initiative, have called a strike for their various demands. According to the information received, the wet lease bus drivers and conductors of the said company have damaged some buses coming out of the depot in Wadala," a BEST official said.