The strike by employees of private bus operators contracted by the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport Undertaking (BEST) was called off on Tuesday afternoon after Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde assured them that their demands for salary hikes and other benefits would be fulfilled.

The strike, which had entered its seventh day, resulted in 551 out of the 1,600 wet-leased buses provided by the private operators going off the roads, causing inconvenience to lakhs of bus commuters.