School bus associations in the city said on Tuesday that several of their buses have remained without refuelling due to the ongoing strike by truckers and the services will be affected from today. The operations of state transport buses and lorries at the wholesale vegetable market will also be affected, possibly hitting essential commodity supplies. 

In a late night development, following talks with the government, truckers in Maharashtra called of their strike late Tuesday night. “The Home Secretary of the Central Government in a meeting with the office bearers of the All India Motor Transport Congress New Delhi gave assurances that the final order will be taken only after discussing with the All India Motor Congress about the errors in it before implementing the new rules. So, the strike has been called off from tomorrow,” Baba Shinde, president Maharashtra State Vehicle Drivers-Owners and Representatives Federation.