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BEST to restore 52 discontinued bus routes

The decision on restoration of the services was arrived at after few Shiv Sena corporators met BEST general manager Dr Jagdish Patil pressing their demand.

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In the next four days, the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport Undertaking (BEST) will restore 52 bus routes it had discontinued from May 1.

The decision on restoration of the services was arrived at after few Shiv Sena corporators met BEST general manager Dr Jagdish Patil pressing their demand. On April 29, Mayor Snehal Ambekar, too, had asked the BEST officials to reconsider their decision of shutting down these 52 bus routes.

Out of the 52 bus routes that were taken off roads starting from May 1 (Sunday), it had 34 ordinary, 13 limited, 3 fast corridors and 2 air-conditioned bus routes. Excluding these 52 bus routes, at the moment there are 447 bus routes plying the length and breath of Mumbai and it's extended suburbs.

"Only those buses in which revenue was least were discontinued as part of the routine modification in bus services that is carried out by BEST every quarter. However, due to public demand the administration has decided to restore all these 52 bus routes in the days to come," said a BEST official.

According to sources, the restoration of all the bus routes will not happen immediately and it will take close to a month for these 52 routes to hit back Mumbai's roads. The restoration will be carried out in a phased manner starting this week.

"Once the buses start plying, study would be carried out if the same routes can be continued by modifying their routes. For example, making some diversions or short terminating or extending the bus routes so that more passengers travel on these same bus services," added an official. The modifications, if any, would be made public during the next quarter of changes in bus services.

Routes

55, 64, 70, 74, 93 LTD, 101, 175, 184, 216, 219, 283, 315, 324, 336, 353, 370, 374 LTD, 384, 393, 407, 412, 416, 417, 418, 429, 444 LTD, 456, 463, 485 LTD, 493 LTD, 495 LTD, 497 LTD, 500 LTD, 509 LTD, 510 LTD, 514 LTD, 518 LTD, 623, 631, 632, 634, 640, 678, 696, 712 LTD, C-44 Fast, C-46 Fast, C-55 Fast, Dadar Feri-3, Sewri Feri-1, A-76 Fast and AS-592.

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