Around 61 bus operators and members of the Mumbai Bus Owners Association, a registered association of passenger bus owners in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), are protesting against Ashok Leyland buses, which have been experiencing multiple faults on the road. The bus owners claim that the company has not responded to their concerns and have been staging protests at the company`s showroom in Naigaon. The bus association is also affiliated with the Bus and Car Operators Confederation of India (BOCI), a national body of passenger vehicles.

“Since the last six months, our members have made many written and verbal complaints to the company and also had meetings with officials about a 13.5-metre-long bus model, which has found various defects resulting in frequent breakdowns on the road. Due to the rise in the number of such defective vehicles on roads, bus operators have been facing several problems on the road on a daily basis,” Vivek Shetty, one of the bus owners, said.