Summary:
The BEST had re-introduced routes, and tweaked certain routes, but they all seemed to be in losses, grossly exposing the inability to trap passengers. The losses in 2017-18 from newly-introduced and re-introduced or modified bus routes stood at Rs 26.63 crores. The losses from such routes stood at Rs 15.97 crores in 2013-14. The re-introduction and introduction of some bus routes by the BEST in the last five years seems to have been one of the reasons for the heavy losses. It shut down five routes of the 15 routes it introduced — some within three months..