Administration Manual - B.E.S.T. Undertaking.

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During the emergency and National calamities, we cannot entirely depend upon outside
agencies for help. To minimize the sufferings and effect upon the personnel and property of the
Undertaking and to continue the Traffic operation / uninterrupted electric supply for the island city of
Mumbai in co-ordination with Civil Defence Authority of Government of Maharashtra, employees of
the undertaking are trained regularly at our Security Training Centre at Bandra. Recently, non-
Government organization, viz Aniruddha Academy of Disaster Management is imparting training to
the Officers/ staff of the Undertaking, regarding Disaster Management Training in professional
manner.
To deal with the Natural and Man-made calamities, the undertaking is having its own Civil
Defence Plan. Further to this, the undertaking has prepared concise operative Disaster Management
plan for the BEST Undertaking and the same has been submitted to Government of Maharashtra and
BMC. In the said plan, the main functions / duties of the Department / officers to be adopted at the
site of Emergency are given.
The BMC has started a Disaster Management help line having Telephone No. 108.