The meeting of Punjab Roadways, PUNBUS, and PRTC Contract Workers Union with the Secretary of the Transport Department on Wednesday remained inconclusive, and therefore, the union has announced an indefinite strike from August 14. Due to which, the temporary employees of PUNBUS, Roadways and PRTC across the state will remain on strike and the bus service will remain shut. The strike of the contract employees of PRTC and Punjab Roadways has now entered is still going on and entered third day.
Govt has not issued letter
According to the information received, the contract employees say that even after reaching an agreement on three demands, the government has not issued a letter. A meeting was held with the Principal Secretary of the union last night.
In this meeting, an agreement was reached on three demands of the contract employees. The union said that the letter of the accepted demands should be issued, and then only, would they end the strike.
Inconvenience for Common people
For now, the bus traffic will remain jammed in Punjab today as well. Due to this, the common people will have to face a lot of inconvenience even on the festival day.
It is worth noting that on August 7, the union had gone on a two-hour strike across the state over its demands. Following which, the Transport Department had called them for a meeting on August 13.
Following this, the union’s meeting with the Transport Department Secretary on Wednesday remained inconclusive, and as part of the earlier announced agitation, the union has announced an indefinite strike by closing all depots across the state from August 14.