Mumbai, Nov. 25 -- In a bid to end the ongoing strike of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) employees, the state government on Wednesday announced a salary hike for the state transport (ST) employees. Transport minister Anil Parab also said that the state government cannot decide on the workers' primary demand to merge the MSRTC with the state government, as the issue is currently being looked into by a court-appointed committee. The strike, which has almost paralysed parts of rural Maharashtra, where the ST buses are the main mode of public transport, is unlikely to end on Wednesday as the leaders of ST employees have sought a day to mull over the government's offer....