The newly-introduced electric double-decker buses of the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport Undertaking (BEST) have a red-and-black exterior, but due to an oversight, they have been registered as red in colour, “signal red” to be precise, in the Regional Transport Office (RTO) records.

If the actual colour of any vehicle is different from that mentioned in the RTO record or the nationwide ‘Vahan’ online database, it is considered an “alteration in vehicle”, and a court can impose a fine of Rs 5,000 on the vehicle owner and that of R1 lakh on the manufacturer or dealer under the Motor Vehicles Act, said an 
RTO official.