Patiala, Dec. 1 -- Punjab Roadways, PUNBUS and the Pepsu Road Transport Corporation (PRTC) employees' strike, which had paralysed transport services in the state for over 72 hours, was called off after a seven-hour meeting between transport minister Laljit Singh Bhullar and union leaders on Sunday.

Though the union has assured that they will no longer be protesting against the 'kilometre scheme', they won't be resuming services until the reinstatement orders for the sacked employees are issued and those arrested during the agitation are released by the police.

Authorities, however, said that bus operations started normalising by Sunday evening and will be fully operational in the next 12 hours.

PRTC managing director Bikramjit Singh Gi...