BEST connects Mumbai Metro with BKC hub
Mumbai, June 26: In a major initiative, the BEST public transport has launched new bus services connecting Mumbai Metro One's WEH station with the business hub of Bandra Kurla Complex, an official said here on Tuesday.
The new air-conditioned bus service between Western Express Highway station and BKC offer point-to-point connectivity to and fro, as an improvement in the last mile connectivity.
The new feeder route of BEST which started from Monday with 40-minutes intervals, will ensure smooth commuter movement from the Reliance Infra's Mumbai Metro One stations to various commercial complexes in the city.
It ensures that once a commuter steps out of a Metro train, he or she can board an AC bus to reach the bustling commercial centres in the BKC area conveniently and return between 8 a.m.- 5.20 p.m. daily, with the BEST buses making 23 round trips.
The BEST No. 16 will connect key junctions like domestic airport, Vakola Police Station, Kala Nagar and offers pickup-drop at commercial important points like Family Court, RBI, IT Building, ICICI Bank, Diamond Bourse, CitiBank and BKC Telephone Exchange, the termination point.
This service is expected to motivate more commuters give up their own cars and adopt a comfortable travel by public transport, besides affording a cost-effective option of between Rs 21 to Rs 53, compared to private taxi services, the official said.
Since the WEH Metro station attracts average 23,500 commuters daily, the company is promoting the BEST services in a big way on traditional and social media platforms.
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Nearly 70% cases in 'pension adalats' resolved since 2019: Govt
New Delhi (PTI): Over 8,300 cases were resolved in pension adalats held since 2019, Union Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
A total of 12,049 cases were taken up by pension adalats since 2019.
In a written reply, the minister said of the total cases, 8,373 (69.49 per cent) have been resolved.
"Pension adalat is an important administrative reform for improving pensioners’ welfare by timely and effective redressal of long-standing grievances of central government pensioners," he said.
There is substantial decrease in the number of pensioners’ grievances due to the pension adalat, Singh said.
He said since 2019, eight pension adalats have been held.
As many as 403 cases were taken up in two pension adalats held in 2024, of which 330 were resolved, according to the data shared by the minister.
A total of 603 (440 were resolved) and 1,732 (1,113 were resolved) cases were taken up in 2023 and 2022 respectively, it said.
Of the total of 3,692 cases taken up in 2021, 2,598 (70.36 per cent) were resolved.
There were 342 (319 were resolved) and 5,277 (3,573 were resolved) pension-related cases were taken up in 2020 and 2019 respectively, according to the data.
