October 21, 2019
The Mumbai Congress general secretary and a committee member
The BEST has 3,367 buses in its fleet, out of which 1,329 buses are being run on
diesel. Incidentally, the BEST is already facing a China wholesale electric water heater faucet
loss due to the faulty Trimax machines, which are used for issuing tickets. As
the prices of petrol and diesel are increasing day by day in last two-three
months, how much financial burden will increase on the BEST?" Mr Patil asked.
Shiv Sena corporator and BEST committee member Anil Kokil raised the issue of
the 3,000 litres of petrol which is lying unused at the Dadar workshop after a
wall collapsed more than a year ago.
Speaking to mediapersons, BEST General
Manager Surendra Bagde said, "The prices of fuel are variable. The
administration should look into it," Mr Kokil said.BEST chairman Ashish
Chemburkar said that if the price of diesel remains at this level, the BEST
would face an annual loss of Rs 26 crore due to diesel hike and Rs 13 lakh due
to hike in petrol prices. Petrol is currently being sold at Rs 86. "As the
prices of the fuel are rocketing, why is the administration not bothered about
the 3,000 litres of petrol.23 per litre, while diesel is priced at Rs
73.According to the BEST, diesel was purchased at cost of Rs 137, 19,72,244 in
2016-17, while petrol was purchased for Rs 1,43,05,328 in 2016-17. He also asked
if the administration would seek financial help from the state government to
reduce its burden on fuel.
The Mumbai Congress general secretary and a committee
member, Mr Bhushan Patil raised the issue of petrol and diesel hike in the
committee meeting. We will look into it. The BEST has 3,367 fleets including
1,329 fleets of diesel, 2002 fleets of CNG and 31 electric.MUMBAI: The
Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking is looking at a Rs
26 crore per annum loss due to the recent spike in diesel rates.78 per litre in
Mumbai.".
The Congress and Shiv Sena have asked if the administration would seek
financial help from the state government to reduce its burden on fuel. Later
speaking to The Asian Age, Mr Chemburkar said, "The committee will write to the
state government for an exemption in cess on diesel so that the loss will be
curtailed
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