It left commuters throughout the nation stranded as GSRTC buses stopped plying.
Over 7,000 GSRTC buses are off the roads because they are parked in numerous depots nationwide.
“We have been the disturbing implementation of the Seventh Pay Commission for the final three years, but the government is not heeding our call,” said Navalsinh Rana, a GSRTC union chief.
“If our demands are not met tonight, we will launch an indefinite strike,” Rana stated.
Chief Minister Vijay Rupani appealed to the employees to call off the strike.
“This may be very unlucky…Their principal demand is the implementation of the 7th Pay Commission. We have given the Seventh Pay Commission to the personnel of earnings-making Public Sector Undertakings,” Rupani said, implying that as GSRTC is making heavy losses, its workforce cannot get the same benefit.
“I could request them to end the agitation at once as it’s far affecting the human beings of the kingdom. A decision might be made about their call for an earnings hike at the precise time,” the leader minister stated.
However, the three unions of GSRTC employees, which have fashioned a coordination committee for the agitation, maintained that the organization provides a vital service and that profitability should no longer be considered when dealing with personnel demands.
Ahmedabad: Ten human beings, inclusive of six university students, had been arrested in Gujarat’s Rajkot city in the final two days for allegedly gambling the PUBG game on their cellular telephones regardless of the police banning it, officers said.
Police Commissioner Manoj Agrawal issued a notification on March 6 banning the online video games PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) and Momo Challenge within the town.
Rajkot taluka police inspector VS Vanzara said police stations had been requested to implement the ban and arrest people who were nevertheless playing those video games.
“On Tuesday, our teams arrested six university students gambling PUBG sport on their cellular phones on Kalavad Road and in Jagannath Chowk region,” he said.
A release from the police management room stated that the same day, Gandhigram police arrested a 25-year-old personal firm worker for playing a game on his cellphone.
On Wednesday, three humans were arrested by way of Rajkot police’s different operations institution, even as they were playing the sport on their phones in particular regions of the town, some other professional release stated.
The police stated that all the men had been booked under Indian Penal Code Section 188 (disobedience to reserve duly promulgated via public servant) and later granted bail at the police stations concerned.
According to the police commissioner’s notification, the ban turned into vital as those games have been central to youngsters’ and teenagers’ violent behavior.
The notification said that video games had adversely affected the studies and the children’s overall behavior and language.
Ahmedabad Police Commissioner AK Singh issued a notification on Wednesday banning both video games in the metropolis, mentioning comparable reasons.
