India, April 22 --  The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply Transport (BEST) Undertaking is seeking to deploy 9-metre-long CNG buses to run alongside its existing fleet of 12-metre-long electric buses (e-buses) in the city. The transport body's move comes on the back of two accidents in Bhandup - one in December, when four people were mowed down outside Bhandup station when the driver of a 12-metre-long e-bus failed to manoeuvre it on the crowded street, and another on Sunday when a driverless bus rolled backwards and crashed into a booth outside the railway station.

BEST has decided to procure 500 9-metre-long CNG air conditioned buses which can be easily manoeuvred in narrow and overcrowded areas, such as the road outside Bhandup statio...