Of the 450 buses, 200 will be AC mini buses, 200 mini non-AC buses and 50 non-AC midi buses. The BEST will pay Rs48 per km for the mini AC bus, Rs41 per km for the non-AC mini buses and Rs45 per km for non-AC midi buses. The mini buses will have to run 3,500 kms while midi buses will have to run 4,000 kms. Presently, BEST has about 3,300 buses including nearly 750 midi buses, ferrying about 28 lakh passengers every day. Mini buses will have capacity of 30 passengers and midi buses will ferry 42 passengers.

Source: Hindustan Times February 12, 2018 19:41 UTC