New Delhi, June 18 -- Power supply in South Mumbai and civic bus services are likely to be affected as a joint action committee of Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking employees announced an indefinite strike from Thursday midnight in support of their demands.

The committee is pressing for a slew of demands, including the merger of the undertaking's budget with that of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

The BEST Sanyukt Kamgar Kruti Samiti, an action committee comprising 12 unions representing BEST employees, made the announcement at a gathering in Dadar on Thursday evening, stating that their long-pending demands had not been addressed within the stipulated deadline.

BEST is Mumbai's second-largest ...