- Three CNG buses caught fire during this month, the latest took place in Andheri East yesterday.
- Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) said it was taking 400 leased buses off roads after a third incident.
- BEST provides public bus service to Mumbai city and neighbouring areas with the fleet of around 3,500 buses including more than 400 single decker e-buses
- Daily, more than 30 lakh commuters travel on BEST buses.
Mumbai’s civic transport body Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) on Wednesday said it was taking 400 leased buses off roads after a third incident of a leased CNG bus catching fire occurred within one month.
The latest incident of a leased CNG bus catching fire took place in Andheri East yesterday. No one was injured as the bus on route 415 caught fire after the passengers had got down outside the Andheri railway station, officials said.
In view of these incidents involving TATA CNG buses operated by M/S Mateshwari Ltd, BEST has decided to take all 400 buses off roads till the OEM (original manufacturer) and operator take necessary corrective measures to ensure that such incidents do not happen in future, said BEST general manager Lokesh Chandra in a statement.
BEST provides public bus service to Mumbai city and neighbouring areas. It has a fleet of around 3,500 buses including more than 400 single decker e-buses. Daily, more than 30 lakh commuters travel on BEST buses.
