Summary:
Even though the BEST strike issue is in the court, I am ready to be part of the discussion if necessary,” Thackeray said. Local commuters in Maximum City, Mumbai are facing a harrowing time with the strike by Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply & Transport (BEST) bus employees entering the seventh day on Monday. Mumbai: Seventh day of strike by Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply & Transport (BEST) bus employees over demands of implementation of the merger of the BEST budget with principal budget of the BMC, employee service residences etc; Visuals from Dharavi BEST depot. One of the demands of the BEST workers who are on strike since Tuesday is the merger of the budgets of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the loss-making BEST. This strike is the longest-ever in the history of BEST, with the last agitation in 1997 called off in three days..