Jalandhar, July 28 -- A delegation of contractual employees from State Transport Undertakings (STUs) - including Pepsu Road Transport Corporation (PRTC), Punjab Roadways, and PUNBUS - will meet state transport minister Laljit Bhullar and senior department officials today, seeking resolution of their long-pending demands. The employees have warned that if the meeting fails to yield results, bus services across Punjab will be suspended from Monday evening.

The meeting was scheduled following growing unrest among nearly 8,200 contractual and outsourced employees, who have been pressing for job regularisation for over a decade. The discontent had earlier prompted the unions to announce a three-day strike starting July 9, which was temporaril...