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22.12.06

DRIVERS' SHORTAGE * India - BEST faces staff crunch, 250 buses unused

Mumbai,India -Mumbai Newsline (Mumbai,India), by Swapnil Rawal -Dec 17, 2006: -- The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) Undertaking is facing a shortage of drivers and conductors to run its entire fleet of 3,400 buses. It is apparently losing out over Rs 14 lakh per day as 250 buses remain unused due to the crunch... According to the data available with Newsline, 3,131 buses were in service in August, while in September the number of buses on the road was 3,148. In August, there was a shortage of 290 conductors out of a total of 11,938 on book conductors and 168 drivers out of 10,670 on book drivers. In September, the figures increased to 395 conductors and 360 drivers...

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