Jalandhar/Ludhiana, April 1 -- Bus stands across Punjab will remain closed for two hours from 10 am to 12 pm on April 3 as contractual workers from Punjab Roadways, Punbus and PRTC announced a statewide strike on Tuesday to press the state government to accept their 'long-pending demands' including job regularisation.

Additionally, the workers' unions have threatened a complete strike from April 7 to 9, during which all state-run buses in Punjab will remain off the roads.

The announcement came after a meeting held in Jalandhar, where the unions expressed frustration over the government's inaction, despite repeated assurances.

Resham Singh Gill, state president of the Punjab Roadways, Punbus, and PRTC Contractual Workers Union, said tha...