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This week, State transport minister Diwakar Raote got a lesson in trivia when he learnt that The Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) runs 68 bus routes outside the island city and suburbs. - See more at: Diwakar Raote isn't aware that BEST buses ply beyond greater Mumbai! - News
Due to the colossal losses that the BEST bus service is facing — the revenue deficit is of nearly Rs 2.26 crore per day, according to RTI activist Anil Galgali based on a response to a query filed by him — the undertaking had requested the state government to waive toll for its buses plying outside Mumbai. When sunday mid-day spoke to Raote on Thursday, he said, "BEST buses don't ply beyond greater Mumbai, so there is no question of waiving toll." This was the day he inaugurated the new Kurla Bus Depot, and in a chat with reporters agreed that a plan had to be thought up to haul BEST out of losses.