Maharashtra environment minister Aaditya Thackeray visited BEST headquarters on Monday, June 28. In his visit, the minister pushed for the new campaign for ebills which will save over 2000 trees from being cut annually.
Thackeray said that the BEST should not just promote ebills but procure more electric and environment friendly buses in its fleet and replace those on diesel. The BEST should soon start the smartcard system in a big way as this will eliminate use of paper tickets, he added.
Meanwhile, BEST general manager Lokesh Chandra said that the BEST’s ‘Go Green’ initiative will be popularised through SMS sent to 10.5 lakh consumers in island city.
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He also stated that as for the transport division, we are preparing a new plan to optimise utilisation of fleet and will give passengers information of next arriving bus at the stops to reduce their waiting time.
The transport body will also monitor movement of every bus through vehicle tracking (GPS) to ensure there is more deployment on busy routes, he added.
Earlier, the BEST said it is likely to introduce around 100 new electric buses in order to increase the number of eco-friendly buses in its fleet to save fuel. With this, the number of electric buses in the convoy will increase to 200.
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