India, Feb. 3 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has turned to the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) Undertaking to ease the travel of students from Mahim who were relocated to two schools in Sion in July 2025, as the old school was in a dilapidated state and was declared unsafe. The new school is over three kilometers away from their homes in Mahim.

The principal of the New Sion Municipal School, at Jain Society, wrote to BEST for its support in December, which was followed up by BMC's education department that corresponded with the transport body in the same month. Students, however, are yet to get any benefit from BEST.

Around 141 students from Mahim Shahunagar have been commuting long distances either by...