Summary:
Between April to December 2018, the BEST detected 1219 cases from which they recovered Rs 659 lakhs while during the same period in 2017, they had detected 1509 cases from which they recovered Rs 1045 lakhs. The administration should recover from the government too rather than being lenient," said Ravi Raja, member, BEST Committee. "We have recovered Rs 72.67 crore until December," said a BEST official. The loss-making Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) is yet to recover Rs 123.36 crore from its consumers, of which most are government agencies and high-end consumers. Under such circumstances, the BEST has started recovering money from consumers, especially the high-enders, who have not paid their bills..