BEST Rejig Training SOP, 21-Day Lessons for Drivers

Addl 6-day training for e-bus drivers; both BEST and wet lease drivers to be trained

- Shashank Rao

MUMBAI: More than a month and a half after a Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) electric bus went out of control in Kurla West on December 9 last year, killing nine persons, the transport utility has revised its standard operating procedure (SOP) for training of drivers.

All BEST drivers, including employees of the undertaking and staff provided by wet lease operators, will have to undergo a compulsory 21-day training, while those driving e-buses will undergo an additional six-day practical training and driving test. The training modules are likely to be operationalised from February, once the state government accepts the report submitted by BEST on the December 9 accident.