This paper had a prominent front-page report about Mumbai’s knight in shiny red armour, the BEST bus arriving to save the thousands of devotees flocking to Siddhivinayak Mandir. They usually make their way from Dadar to the Prabhadevi temple and back to Dadar station. Some use regular BEST buses while others walk or take a share taxi.

Our reports state that share taxis often charge high fares to ferry persons, and people are at the mercy of their drivers. It is heartening that they will have an alternative, and at the same time, authorities must crack down hard on the share-a-cab drivers who are duping and blackmailing people, literally holding them to ransom to ferry them to the spot. While here the focus is on Siddhivinayak, there are other places with high footfalls and commuters who pay exorbitant amounts to get to one place and the next. Auto-rickshaw and taxicab drivers who overcharge customers need to be brought to book.