Jan 06, 2025 12:06 PM IST
Commuters left stranded at bus stands throughout state as 2,800 buses of Punjab Roadways and Pepsu Street Transportation Company (PRTC) stayed off roads.
Contractual workers of Punjab Roadways and Pepsu Street Transportation Company started a three-day strike on Monday to press for his or her calls for, together with regularisation of their jobs.
A view of the Amritsar bus stand. Punjab Roadways, Punbus, PRTC Contract Employees’ Union president Resham Singh Gill mentioned round 8,000 contractual workers are taking part within the three-day strike that started on Monday. (Sameer Sehgal/HT file)
As a result of strike, commuters had been left stranded at bus stands throughout the state.
In accordance with the protesters, round 2,800 buses of Punjab Roadways and Pepsu Street Transportation Company (PRTC) stayed off the roads.
Punjab Roadways, Punbus, PRTC Contract Employees’ Union president Resham Singh Gill mentioned round 8,000 contractual workers are taking part within the strike.
Demonstrations are being held in any respect 27 bus depots throughout the state, he mentioned.
The contractual workers have been demanding regularisation of their jobs and a wage hike, amongst different issues, Gill mentioned.
A number of days in the past, the union held a gathering with Punjab transport minister Laljit Singh Bhullar concerning its calls for however there was no decision, he mentioned.
The protesters mentioned they may march in direction of chief minister Bhagwant Mann’s residence in Chandigarh on Tuesday as a part of their protest.
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