Chandigarh, Oct. 30 -- Contractual employees of PUNBUS and the Pepsu Road Transport Corporation (PRTC) have warned of resuming their strike from November 3 if the state government fails to address their long-pending demands by November 1. On October 24, finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema held a meeting with the striking employees' representatives, assuring them their demands would be met soon. However, workers alleged there had been no progress. In a statement, Jagjit Singh, president of the Punjab Roadways, PUNBUS and PRTC Workers' Union, said the union will hold a meeting in Ludhiana on November 1 to decide its future course of action. "If the government fails to take concrete steps by the deadline, we may announce further agitation, including a fresh strike from November 3," he added. Earlier, the employees were on strike from October 21 to October 24, impacting bus services. One of the union's key demands is formulating service rules to facilitate the regularisation of contractual employees....