The MSRTC terminated services of 238 daily wage workers and suspended 297 staffers on Friday amid the ongoing strike. Meanwhile, state transport minister Anil Parab said they were studying patterns of other public transport undertakings across the country to find out what can be done to improve the situation.

In the first phase of action, the state transport body sent notices to 2,296 daily wage workers and subsequently terminated services of 238 of them. Of the total of 2,584 daily wage workers, only 32 resumed duty.