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BMC sanitation worker crushed by BEST bus in Mumbai, driver held
Jayshree Bhanji Parmar, a 56-year-old BMC sanitation worker two years from retirement, was crushed to death by a BEST bus at a traffic signal in Mulund West on Friday afternoon. The bus,…
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Jayshree Bhanji Parmar, a 56-year-old BMC sanitation worker two years from retirement, was crushed to death by a BEST bus at a traffic signal in Mulund West on Friday afternoon. The bus, on a wet-lease from private operator Mateshwari, hit her when the driver started moving as the signal turned green. Driver Ravi Bolij (32) was arrested; conductor Shailesh Wagh (26) was also taken to Mulund police station.
This is the fourth fatal BEST bus accident since June, sparking fresh criticism of wet-lease operations. Senior BEST committee member Sunil Ganacharya alleged accidents have risen due to inadequate driver training and low accountability of wet-lease drivers. BEST has announced plans to induct 5,000 owned buses, but Ganacharya warned accidents could continue unchecked for two to three years without advance BMC funding.
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Every time a BEST bus kills, the story is the same: wet-lease operators, blamed as the root cause, keep running buses while officials promise to fix things 'soon'. The real test is not another circular from the chairperson, it is whether BEST actually stops renewing contracts for operators whose drivers have caused fatalities. Watch if Mateshwari, the operator of this bus, still gets to run routes next month.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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