Punjab: Roadways contract workers begin 3-day strike, bus services hit

Contractual employees of Punjab Roadways and Pepsu Road Transportation Corporation on Monday began a threeday strike to press their demands including regularisation of their jobs reported news agency PTICommuters were left stranded at various bus stands across the state due to the strikeAround 2800 buses of Punjab Roadways and Pepsu Road Transportation Corporation PRTC stayed off the roads according to the protestersPunjab Roadways Punbus PRTC Contract Workers Union president Resham Singh Gill said around 8000 contractual employees are participating in the strike reported PTIGill stated that demonstrations are being held at all 27 bus reports across the stateHe also stated the demands of contractual employees which is regularisation of their jobs and a salary hike among other thingsA few days ago the union held a meeting with Punjab Transport Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar regarding its demands but there was no resolution he saidThe protesters said they will march towards Chief Minister Bhagwant Manns residence here on Tuesday as part of their protest45 injured after bus collides with two trucks on DelhiMumbai ExpresswayAround 45 passengers were injured when a private bus collided with two trucks that had previously collided with one another on the DelhiMumbai Expressway in Rajasthans Dausa district on Thursday Police confirmed the incident stating that the crash occurred due to dense fog in the regionAccording to NangalRajawatan DSP Charul Gupta the bus carrying devotees travelling from Ujjain to Delhi was involved in the accident near Lahdi Ka Bas on the DelhiMumbai Expressway The dense fog which has been affecting traffic across the area was identified as a key factor contributing to the collision The bus rammed into two trucks that had earlier crashed causing significant damage to its frontGupta reported that around 45 passengers were injured in the accident with more than 20 individuals being admitted to Dausa District Hospital Of those four passengers were transferred to Jaipur for further treatment while some of the injured continued their journeys to Noida and Delhi for medical attentionThe authorities acted swiftly following the accident with additional medical staff and doctors being deployed to treat the injured Dr Deepak Sharma the Chief Medical Officer of the Dausa District Hospital instructed the team to be on standby as reports came in of a large number of injuriesThe front of the bus was badly damaged in the crash and the vehicles involved in the accident were removed from the expressway to clear the trafficWith agency inputs