PRTC, PUNBUS Workers Call Off Strike After Govt Assurances, Next Hearing on August 11

August 8, 2025

Jalandhar, Punjab: PRTC and PUNBUS contract workers went on strike this afternoon in protest against the Punjab government not accepting their demands. Tomorrow is the festival of Raksha Bandhan so that people do not face any problem in the entire state. Due to this, the government heard the employees in about 1 hour and 50 minutes.

The government has postponed the tender for adding buses in the kilometer scheme. The budget for the salary of Panbus employees has been released to the depot. On the 13th, the employees will have a meeting with the Transport Minister at 3:30 pm in Chandigarh.

After this, the employees decided to return to work. They have made it clear to the government that the strike has been postponed till August 13. If the demands are not met, they will go on strike again from August 14. Now the buses have started running again.

Yesterday, the employees had given the government time till today afternoon that if their demands are not met, they will go on strike. The employees say that they had made it clear to the government that whether the strike will continue or not will depend on their decision. Regarding this, the head of their contract union, Resham Singh, said that the strike had been started. They alleged that the government was deliberately procrastinating. Due to which they had taken this decision.

Buses run on 577 routes in 8 states

PRTC buses run on 577 routes including Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Uttarakhand. They cover about 3 lakh 55 thousand 827 kilometers daily. There are 1310 regular employees. This is a total of 8 thousand employees. At the same time, the common people will be troubled the most by the running of these buses. Because these buses are a lifeline.

Buses were stopped and passengers were dropped at the bus stand

Buses were running regularly before 2 o’clock. But as soon as it was 2 o’clock, the bus strike started. The people of the area where the bus drivers had reached took the passengers to the bus stand. After this, they dropped them there. During this time many people were disappointed.