Har Roadways employees call off strike after govt accepts

Haryana Roadways employees called off their strike this evening after the state government accepted their demand to take back the policy under which permits were given to private operators.
The demand of the employees has been met and they have decided to call off the strike, Transport Minister Krishan Lal Panwar said after talks with leaders of the Haryana Roadways Workers' Union (HRWU).
The Union had called the strike on Monday against the policy, leaving commuters using state-run buses badly affected.
"The government has decided to take back the policy under which permits were given to private operators," HRWU President Sarbat Singh Punia said.

"Our demand has been met and we have decided to call off the strike with immediate effect," he said.
Cracking the whip, the state government had yesterday placed 120 staffers of Haryana Roadways under suspension for allegedly "instigating other employees and misleading them".

However, Panwar said the government has decided to revoke the decision under which the employees were suspended.
Notably, talks between the state roadways employees and the Haryana government had failed earlier.
Over 13 lakh passengers travel in the State Roadways buses daily. About 4,200 buses, which include luxury Volvo bus service, had come to a halt in the state due to the strike.