Hisar: Employees of Haryana Roadways at the Hisar depot began an indefinite wheel-jam strike at 4 am on Saturday, bringing bus operations to a near standstill, The World Opinion reported. The agitation is being led under the banner of the Saanjha Sangharsh Samiti (Joint Struggle Committee).

Source: The World Opinion

The workers have been staging protests for the past 40 days over their demands. The decision to escalate the agitation to an indefinite strike followed the failure of a meeting with the administration on Friday evening, which was held under the chairmanship of SDM Jyoti Mittal and involved representatives of the roadways union and the administration.

260buses of Hisar and Hansi depots affected
4 am Saturdaywhen the indefinite strike began
40 daysof protests before the escalation

About 260 buses from the Hisar and Hansi depots have been affected by the wheel-jam, Daily Kiran reported in a separate account of the strike. Early on Saturday, employees gathered at the main gate of the depot and blocked buses from leaving the premises; a bus scheduled to travel to Chandigarh in the morning was also prevented from leaving the workshop and the bus stand.

Source: Daily Kiran

The employees' key demands include payment of night halt allowance, travel allowance (TA) and overtime wages. Rahul Mittal, General Manager of the Hisar depot, said efforts were ongoing to restore normalcy, according to Daily Kiran.

The employees have declared that the agitation will continue until their demands are met, which means commuters travelling by bus from Hisar and Hansi may face further disruption in the coming days.