Contractual Roadways Staff Launch Indefinite Strike In Punjab

The group of striking employees said 200 to 300 buses operated by regular employees would run on the streets.

Around 8,000 contractual employees of the state-owned Punjab Roadways and PRTC on Monday went on an indefinite strike, demanding regularisation of their jobs. Private buses, however, continued to run in the state. More than 2,000 buses of the state-owned Punjab Roadways and Pepsu Road Transport Corporation (PRTC) stayed off roads, said Punjab Roadways, Punbus/PRTC Contract Workers' Union president Resham Singh Gill. He said only 200 to 300 buses operated by regular employees would run on the streets.