Ludhiana, Aug. 5 -- Contractual employees of PUNBUS and the Punjab Road Transport Corporation (PRTC) called off their strike on Tuesday evening after the state government gave written assurances on their long-pending demands.

The strike, scheduled from August 3 to August 5, was suspended on its second day following a meeting between representatives of the employees and the Punjab transport secretary in Chandigarh.

The union said it decided to suspend the agitation after the government, for the first time, provided written assurances instead of verbal commitments.

Sukhwinder Singh, vice-president of the PRTC Employees' Union, said the employees had been demanding the regularisation of contractual staff, implementation of the Punjab and ...