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Mumbai: Most BEST buses withdrawn after fire are back on road
Updated On: 14 March, 2023 07:35 AM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent
Around 6.55 pm on February 22, a non-AC single-decker, operated by Mateshwari Ltd, which was running on route 415, caught fire in Andheri East—the third such incident in a month. Luckily, the vehicle was empty at the time
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About 1,700 buses in the fleet are operated on a wet-lease basis. Pic/Harshad Joshi
The BEST has resumed services involving 369 of 400 CNG buses that had been withdrawn after one of them caught fire last month.
BEST officials said the decision to withdraw the buses had been taken keeping in mind the safety of passengers. However, following an inspection by their manufacturer, Tata Motors, the undertaking decided to gradually resume services with the 400 buses.
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