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For decades red has been the BEST livery. And red is
the predominant colour on the balance sheet of the undertaking's
transport arm.
According to an audit of the undertaking for 2004-05,
BEST loses money on 99 per cent of its routes (349 out
of 353). That's 20% worse than in previous years when
at least five routes were profitable! This year, only
four routes have made a profit.
With the roads occupied by autorickshaws and taxis,
and nearly 100 private cars being added to the roads
daily, there's little hope for the big red buses that
are the city's lifeline.
The price of diesel has also been rising and BEST buses
have a poor fuel economy of less than 3km/litre.
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