It has been more than two weeks that the BEST Undertaking, without any prior notification, cancelled their daily A-101 bus service from CSMT to Gateway from February 19. While the department has claimed that the reason for the cancellation was a poor response from commuters, regular office-goers have accused them of favouring the taxi lobby.

The CSMT bus service — Gateway bus route A-101, including Tejaswini buses used to ply from a point opposite the Bhatia Baug bus stop, which is a hotspot for illegal taxi stands to ferry commuters to Gateway of India.