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The protesting employees, however, later in the day came out with a press statement stating that they were ending their strike after having met Punjab transport minister Laljit Singh Bhullar.
Nearly 7,000 bus drivers, conductors, and workshop staff are on strike over several demands, including regularisation and salary parity.
The protesting security guards said that they used to get their salaries on or before the 7th of every month, but recently, there had been repeated delay in pay disbursement by PGIMER, Chandigarh
The protestors, including permanent and contractual drivers and conductors, are also planning to gherao the residence of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday.
Commuters were put to great inconvenience as contractual employees of the Punjab Roadways, under the banner of Punbus, Punjab Roadways, PRTC Contractual Workers’ Union, parked their buses in the middle of the road at PAP Chowk to protest against the state government.