BEST A.C bus service to andheri east

Letter which I sent to Times of India regarding the transport situation in Andheri East.

Reference to your news item in today's Times of India, Mumbai edition, page 5. I am surprised to note that BEST has completely bypassed Andheri east in introducing new A.C. Buses. Andheri East is probably the fastest growing suburb in Mumbai today especially from the office goers point of view. There are numerous CBDs already existing here such as SEEPZ, MIDC, besides which numerous office complexes and buildings are coming up here. The number of people working in Andheri east far surpasses that working in the original CBDs such as Nariman Point, Cuffe Parade etc. The bus services to this area is completely pathetic. Auto-rickshaws totally refuse to ply to Andheri East mumbling some idiotic reasons. One should come down in the evening rush hour to witness a spectacle - that of thousands of people walking down from everywhere to the Andheri station. It is therefore imperative that more A.C. buses start plying from andheri east to the western suburbs of Goregaon to Borivli, central suburbs of Ghatkopar to Chembur to Mulund and to south Mumbai.

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Easy Run - Wednesday, 13th January 2010

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Sunday run - Borivli National Park - 10th January 2010

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