In another round of action against protesting staffers, MSRTC suspended 448 employees and dismissed 65 staffers on Wednesday, taking the total to 8,634 and 1,892, respectively. Meanwhile, the number of workers who resumed work also saw a dip with 18,694 employees resuming duty till Tuesday. 

Officials said that of the 92,266 on-roll employees, around 73,572 are yet to join duty. On Wednesday, a total of 1,282 buses operated successfully across the state till 6 pm.