If you are a smart card users, you need not to queue up for entering in BEST bus services. The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport ( BEST) undertaking has decided to give preference to smart card users from March 1. Currently, around 35 lakh Mumbaikars daily use bus services operated by the undertaking. out of these, around 15 percent are smart card users including Chalo App and national common mobility card (NCMC) card.
๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐พ๐๐ฒ
"The BEST has provided the facility to passengers to pay fares digitally through 'BEST Chalo App' and' smart card including NCMC. Passengers using this option will be given first entry in BEST buses from March one " said Lokesh Chandra, general manager of BEST.
"In order to increase the use of digital mode of payment on a large scale, this additional facilities will be provided to passengers travelling in BEST buses from March. Under this facility, passengers using 'Best Chalo App' or 'Best Chalo Smart Card' or NCMC will be given priority especially at the starting point of bus", said an official of BEST.
๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐: ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง
"We appealed to the passengers travelling in the buses of the BEST to make maximum use of the digital facilities provided by the undertaking including 'Best Chalo App' , 'Best Chalo Smart Card' and NCMC provided by the undertaking" he said.
However, passengers who do not use digital mode of payment might be face some inconvenience, but official said it will motivate passengers to use digital payment mode prove beneficial for undertaking as well as passengers in future.
