US EditionBengaluru Bus Strike Live Updates: Security Tightened, Commuters Face Inconvenience as Protest Begins Despite HC Ban
KARNATAKA, INDIA, AUG 4 – Transport unions demand a 25% wage hike and payment of 38 months arrears, while the government offers partial payment amid ongoing negotiations and legal interventions.
- On August 5, 2025, the employees' union of state-run transport corporations declares an indefinite strike after talks with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah failed on Monday.
- Employees' unions insist on payment of 38 months' arrears and a salary hike from January 1, 2024, blaming the previous BJP government for neglecting salary revisions in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
- On August 4, 2025, final negotiations between Siddaramaiah, Reddy, and union leaders ended without a breakthrough, with the government offering only 14 months of arrears.
- Meanwhile, the Karnataka High Court issued an interim stay until August 5, and the Transport Department approached private bus operators to help maintain services.
- While the stalemate persists, the Karnataka Transport Department says negotiations with the Federation of State Road Transport Trade Unions will continue today, as South Western Railway operates special trains on August 5.
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Karnataka transport strike halts bus services, workers demand wage arrears
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Bengaluru Bus Strike Live Updates: Security tightened, commuters face inconvenience as protest begins despite HC ban
Bengaluru Bus Strike August 5 Live: Karnataka's transport strike by KSRTC, BMTC, NWKRTC, and KKRTC staff disrupted daily life as buses went off roads. Commuters struggled while workers demanded wage revision and pending arrears.
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