After MLA installs new bus shelter, BEST reports old one as missing in Mumbai's Andheri

A bus q-shelter or covered bus stop with seats for commuters installed by the Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) in Andheri East has gone missing, replaced by a new one bearing the name of the local Shiv Sena MLA, Murji Patel.

Patel contends that the previous q-shelter at ‘Shri Andheri KVO Sewa Samaj Chowk’ on Old Nagardas Road was old and dilapidated, so he got it replaced using local area development funds, after securing all the necessary permissions.

I approached the BEST and the BMC (Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation) myself and received permissions a week before installing the new bus q-shelter,” he told Hindustan Times.

After months of complaints, BEST rolls out 48 e-buses for western suburbsBEST questions permissions and fundingBut BEST officials said they were informed about the change only two days ago and on Friday, the matter was discussed at the BEST Committee meeting after one of the members, Sachin Patil from Shiv Sena (UBT) Sena, raised the issue.

There is no clarity about whether the (BEST) administration granted official permission for installation of a new bus shelter, and who funded the same. It is also not clear if a tender process was followed,” participants at the meeting quoted Patil saying.