Updated On: 26 April, 2024 10:28 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
As Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation chairman, the CM owes an explanation for this delay since it takes at least three months for new buses to arrive once a work order is placed

Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde. File Pic
A Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) employees` union leader on Thursday claimed the state-run undertaking`s plan to buy 2,200 buses was stalled due to delay on the part of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde to sign the concerned file, reported news agency PTI.
Addressing a press conference in the Congress` Tilak Bhavan office in Mumbai, Shrirang Barge of the ST Karmachari Sangh said 10,000 of 15,600 buses in Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation`s fleet were in deplorable condition and delay in signing the file has caused shortage of vehicles in the summer, reported PTI.