Overview
- Union leaders announced the strike’s end on December 2 after the state agreed to revoke suspensions and begin releasing arrested and detained workers.
- Bus services began returning to normal across Punjab, with Ludhiana reporting almost all parked buses back on routes by Tuesday afternoon after four days of severe disruption.
- Union representatives said three leaders were freed late Monday and the process was underway to release about 153 more, while 23–24 facing non-bailable FIRs would be taken up in court as promised by the government.
- Officials and union leaders reported that termination orders were reversed, including the reinstatement of 34 PRTC contractual workers at the Ludhiana depot.
- The union said the government approved 900 new state-run buses and scheduled further talks, as broader issues such as the kilometre-based scheme and regularisation of contractual staff remain unresolved.