The Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking formally inaugurated its Operational Command an Control Centre on Friday (29 January 2021) at the Wadala bus depot. The Centre will be crewed by a staff of 16 and the centre will have video walls that will help track the position of every bus live. It will be integrated with BEST’s Intelligent Transit System (ITS) and also the BEST Pravas app that commuters can then use.
According to a report in Mid-Day by Rajendra Aklekar, there are two video walls with 9 displays that are 55 inches large. A conference room has also been built. The Centre will monitor all buses and their maintenance, track buses and relay their live location to commuters, handle lost and found items for commuters and will lastly function as a Control Centre during disaster situations.
This should surely help BEST get better. The undertaking was at the forefront of activities during the pandemic and consequent lockdown.
Featured Image via Rajendra Aklekar (Twitter)
